On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 2:17 PM Steve Dower <steve.do...@python.org> wrote: > You go on to say "pass an error message" and "keep repr(obj) if you > want", but how is this different from creating an exception that > contains the custom message, the repr of the object, and chains the > exception that triggered it?
A clever hook might want the actual object, so it can pretty-print it, or open an interactive debugger and let it you examine it, or something. Morally this is similar to calling repr(obj), but it doesn't literally call repr(obj). -n -- Nathaniel J. Smith -- https://vorpus.org _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
