On 12/10/05, Michael Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Barry Warsaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Let's say something like "string-based exceptions are strongly > > discouraged, and in fact may be deprecated or disappear in a future > > Python version. Use class-based exceptions." > > If I have anything to do with it, they _will_ be deprecated in 2.5. > There is simply no excuse for writing new code using string > exceptions. >
PEP 352 will deprecate raising string exceptions in 2.5 . > Cheers, > mwh > (PS: are people still interested in my new-style exceptions patch? > http://bugs.python.org/1104669) I am. I was planning to use the patch as a base for implementing PEP 352. Guido is pretty much ready to accept the PEP, he just has not officially pronounced yet. -Brett _______________________________________________ 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