"Greg Ewing" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Baptiste Carvello wrote: > >> what about >> >> except <type> with <value>: >> >> a program dies "with" an error message, not "as" an error message. > > No. The exception object you're catching *is* the value, > not something which *has* a value. I maintain that "as" > is the correct word to use here.
Besides which, 'with' is a (new) main (compound statement) keyword while 'as' is always subordinate and denoting a name to be used in the sequel. And I also like using it to separate classes to be caught from name binding of instance. tjr _______________________________________________ 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
