[Ka-Ping Yee] > Maybe bare 'except' should be spelled 'except *'. -1.
> I don't think it can be removed altogether because sometimes you just > need to be able to do magic, but it can be made a little more explicit. Assuming a single root of the exception tree, you can spell it explicitly as "except Exception" or perhaps (if that's not the root) "except Raisable" (cf. Java's Throwable). > With the asterisk, it's greppable, and editors can find it or highlight > it. I like the parallel to 'import *' (frowned upon, but sometimes > useful if you really know what you are doing). How is "except:" less greppable? And is *args also frowned upon? -- --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) _______________________________________________ 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
