PEP 8 doesn't express any preference between the two forms of raise statements: raise ValueError, 'blah' raise ValueError("blah")
I like the second form better, because if the exception arguments are long or include string formatting, you don't need to use line continuation characters because of the containing parens. Grepping through the library code, the first form is in the majority, used roughly 60% of the time. Should PEP 8 take a position on this? If yes, which one? --amk _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com