There's a PR to use "SyntaxError: multiple exception types must be parenthesized"
https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/25996 On Sat, 8 May 2021, 19:20 Gregory P. Smith, <g...@krypto.org> wrote: > > > On Sat, May 8, 2021 at 8:54 AM Thomas Grainger <tagr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> That's this bit: >> >> ``` >> except (A, B): >> ^^^^^^ >> ``` >> >> bpo-43149 currently calls it an "exception group", but that conflicts >> with PEP 654 -- Exception Groups and except* >> >> ``` >> >> >>> try: >> ... pass >> ... except A, B: >> ... pass >> Traceback (most recent call last): >> SyntaxError: exception group must be parenthesized >> ``` >> >> some alternatives: >> >> exception classinfo must be parenthesized (classinfo so named from the >> parameter to issubclass) >> exception sequence must be parenthesized >> >> see also: >> >> - https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/24467#discussion_r628756347 >> - https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0654/ > > > Given it requires ()s it is probably better to call it an "exception > sequence" or even go fully to "exception tuple" in order to avoid confusion > and tie in with the other meanings of the required syntax. > > -gps >
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