On 22 February 2014 02:03, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > Oops, hit the wrong key and sent that half-written. > > ... and simply require that the statement form be used. But the > whelming opinion of python-dev seems to be in favour of the parens > anyway, and since they give us the possibility of future expansion > effectively for free, I've gone that way. Parens are now required; the > syntax is: > > value = (expr except Exception: default) >
Let me add my congratulations on a fine PEP. I think it's much more readable with the parens (doesn't look as much like there's a missing newline). I'd also strongly argue for permanently disallowing multiple exceptions - as you said, this is intended to be a simple, readable syntax. Even with the parens, I share the bad gut feeling others are having with the colon in the syntax. I also don't think "then" is a good fit (even if it didn't add a keyword). Unfortunately, I can't come up with anything better ... Tim Delaney
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