The Py3.0 PEPs are a bit disconcerting. Without 3.0 actively in development, it is difficult to get the participation, interest, and seriousness of thought that we apply to the current release. The PEPs may have the effect of prematurely finalizing discussions on something that still has an ethereal if not pie-in-the-sky quality to it. I would hate for 3.0 development to start with constraints that got set in stone before the project became a reality.
With respect to exception re-organization, the conversation has been thought provoking but a little too much of a design-from-scratch quality. Each proposed change needs to be rooted in a specific problem with the current hierarchy (i.e. what use cases cannot currently be dealt with under the existing tree). Setting a high threshold for change will increase the likelihood that old code can be easily ported and decrease the likelihood of either throwing away previous good decisions or adopting new ideas that later prove unworkable. IOW, unless the current tree is thought to be really bad, then the new tree ought to be very close to what we have now. Raymond > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:python-dev- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brett Cannon > Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 8:34 PM > To: Python Dev > Subject: [Python-Dev] PEP, take 2: Exception Reorganization for Python 3.0 > > OK, having taken in all of the suggestions, here is another revision > round. I think I still have a place or two I partially ignored people > just because there was not a severe uproar and I still think the > original idea is good (renaming RuntimeError, for instance). I also > added notes on handling the transition and rejected idea. > > There is now only one open issue, which is whether > ControlFlowException should be removed. > > And I am still waiting on a PEP number to be able to check this into > CVS and push me to flesh out the references. =) _______________________________________________ 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
