On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 10:33 AM, Nick Coghlan <ncogh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 28 Feb 2014 05:56, "Chris Angelico" <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 6:36 AM, Glenn Linderman <v+pyt...@g.nevcal.com> >> wrote: >> > +1 >> > >> > f() except ((TypeError, AttributeError): "No value") >> > >> > is a nice extension to the idea of >> > >> > value = expr except ( >> > Exception1: default1, >> > Exception2: default2, >> > Exception3: default3, >> > ) >> > >> > Which I've liked since I first saw it, as it neatly solves handling >> > multiple >> > except clauses. >> >> You can already list multiple exception types. The definition of the >> exception_list is exactly as per the try/except statement (bar the >> 'as' keyword, which I would love to see implemented some day). > > Note that this example is covering the deferred case of multiple except > clauses that resolve to different values, not the already handled case of > multiple exception types that resolve to the same value.
The "nice extension" to that notation is already handled, though. > Anyway, even if you choose not to switch the parenthesis requirement in PEP, > it should at least make the "colon as in dict display, not as in suite > introduction" comparison, and note this as an alternative proposal for the > required parentheses. Hmm. Not sure that it really helps, but okay. Will word something up. ChrisA _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
