Brett Cannon wrote: > On 3/17/06, Georg Brandl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> John J Lee wrote: >> >> >> In your formulation the comma binds more tightly than the as keyword. >> >> In import statements it's the other way around. That seems like it >> >> might be a source of confusion. >> > >> > Perhaps parentheses around the exception list should be mandatory for the >> > 2-or-more exceptions case? >> > >> > except NameError as e: --> fine >> > except (NameError) as e: --> fine >> > except (NameError,) as e: --> fine >> > >> > except NameError, OtherError as e: --> SyntaxError >> > except (NameError, OtherError) as e: --> fine >> >> I don't like that particularly, but I guess that for consistency's sake >> it would have to be done this way. >> > > I don't like it period. What consistency problem is there? This is > Python 3 we are talking about, so if something makes good sense such > as not having parentheses, I say leave them off. There are multiple > places where parens could be required but are not, like multiple > assignment.
I only think of consistency with the usage of "as" in the import statement. I know how it works, but I predict people will come and write except NameError as e, OtherError as f: Georg _______________________________________________ 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
