Benjamin Peterson <benja...@python.org> added the comment: 2011/7/16 Nick Coghlan <rep...@bugs.python.org>: > > Nick Coghlan <ncogh...@gmail.com> added the comment: > > +1 for a new exception type to indicate "this may technically be legal > Python, but this Python implementation cannot handle it correctly" > > Whatever exception type we add, it would be nice to also be able to use it if > someone eventually fixes the compiler recursion crasher, so I'd like to paint > this particular bikeshed as the more general "SyntaxLimitError".
What is the point of a new exception? When would you ever want to catch it as opposed to a regular SyntaxError? You're going to have to change the code either way. Moreover, all Python implementations are going to have to place some limits on stack depth and recursion, so it's not really an implementation detail. The Python language doesn't make an mention of limited memory, but no one is going to suggest a MemoryLimitError, which is an "implementation detail". ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue11343> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
