On Sun, 3 Oct 2021 at 16:55, Irit Katriel via Python-Dev <python-dev@python.org> wrote: > > We wonder if people have a view on which of the following is clearer/better: > > 1. except *E as e: // except *(E1, E2) as e: > 2. except* E as e: // except* (E1, E2) as e: > > (The difference is in the whitespace around the *).
I prefer (1). I never liked C declarations where the * was attached to the type rather than the variable, and I have the same dislike here. > At the moment * is a separate token so both are allowed, but we could change > that (e.g., make except* a token), and in any case we need to settle on a > convention that we use in documentation, etc. Having said the above, it's a matter of taste/preference, so I think that allowing both is the correct thing to do. > It is also not too late to opt for a completely different syntax if a better > one is suggested. Let's stick with "except *". It doesn't seem productive to have another round of bikeshedding at this point, unless there's a really compelling technical reason (i.e., something significantly more than mere bikeshedding). Paul _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/BZ55ZMS5S5E7KPNP7AR7N2BSA35KVKF3/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
