On Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 3:18 PM Marco Sulla <marco.sulla.pyt...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Excuse me if I post here. Maybe is a stupid question: why, instead of
> introducing except*, Python can't extend the functionality of except,
> so it can do what except* would do?
>
Good question. Here's an example:
```
try:
. . .
except OSError as err:
if err.errno != ENOENT:
raise
. . .
```
If this would catch ExceptionGroup(OSError), the `err` variable would be an
ExceptionGroup instance, which does not have an `errno` attribute.
(Irit: Does the PEP answer this question? I couldn't quickly find it in the
rejected ideas. I think it's a reasonable question and we should answer it,
either in the Rationale or in Rejected Ideas.)
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