Barry Warsaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Let's say something like "string-based exceptions are strongly
> discouraged, and in fact may be deprecated or disappear in a future
> Python version.  Use class-based exceptions."

If I have anything to do with it, they _will_ be deprecated in 2.5.
There is simply no excuse for writing new code using string
exceptions.

Cheers,
mwh
(PS: are people still interested in my new-style exceptions patch?
 http://bugs.python.org/1104669)

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