Guido van Rossum wrote: > [Brett C.] > >>Seems like, especially if we require inheritance from a base exception class >>in >>Python 3000, exceptions should have standard 'arg' and 'traceback' attributes >>with a possible 'context' attribute (or always a 'context' attribute set to >>None if not a chained exception). >> >>I don't think there is other data normally associated with exceptions is >>there? > > > I despise the "arg" argument -- I like Java's "message" concept better. >
Works for me. > >>I really need to get off my ass one of these days and just write a PEP >>targeted >>for Python 3000 with base inheritance, standard attributes (including >>exception >>chains), reworking the built-in exception inheritance hierarchy, and whether >>bare 'except' statements should go or only catch certain exceptions. Could >>probably stand to break it up until multiple PEPs, though. =) > > > +1. > > I think these things are sufficiently closely related to keep them all > in one PEP. > OK, I will see if I can get to the PEP this summer assuming I have time (waiting on official offer on an internship that will keep me busy this summer, but I am hoping to spend my free time Python hacking; got to finish the AST branch some day =). Probably will also write it up in parts as outlined above so that I can just get parts out quickly without being held up by discussions about other sections. -Brett _______________________________________________ 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
