On 3/16/06, Greg Ewing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Baptiste Carvello wrote: > > > what about > > > > except <type> with <value>: > > > > a program dies "with" an error message, not "as" an error message. > > No. The exception object you're catching *is* the value, > not something which *has* a value. I maintain that "as" > is the correct word to use here.
I agree. "as" is taking on the use of assignment in statements that are not ``=`` and I say we just keep on with that. Plus Greg's above explanation also makes sense to me; you are binding the exception to a name and treating as if it was called <value>. -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
