Re: RFC 80 (v1): Exception objects and classes for builtins

[Peter Scott]

At 05:44 PM 8/10/00 +0100, Graham Barr wrote:
>Well what is the difference between try and eval ?

There isn't any.  I could have sworn I once read that the block eval was so 
different from the string eval that Larry wanted to use 'try', but didn't 
want to add another keyword, but later wished he had.  I couldn't find 
this, and the current docs give no hint of remorse, so it could all be a 
scurrilous figment of my imagination.

It appears that the majority favors eval, though...

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Peter Scott
Pacific Systems Design Technologies