Re: [Python-Dev] What's New in Python 2.6: no string exceptions

2009-01-08 Thread Daniel Stutzbach
On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Aahz wrote: > On Wed, Jan 07, 2009, Daniel Stutzbach wrote: > > After reading "What's New in Python 2.6" and then upgrading, I quickly > > noticed an omission: string exceptions are no longer supported and raise > a > > TypeError. > > Please file a report on bugs.

Re: [Python-Dev] What's New in Python 2.6: no string exceptions

2009-01-08 Thread Aahz
On Wed, Jan 07, 2009, Daniel Stutzbach wrote: > > After reading "What's New in Python 2.6" and then upgrading, I quickly > noticed an omission: string exceptions are no longer supported and raise a > TypeError. Please file a report on bugs.python.org so it doesn't get lost -- it's already Thursday

[Python-Dev] What's New in Python 2.6: no string exceptions

2009-01-07 Thread Daniel Stutzbach
After reading "What's New in Python 2.6" and then upgrading, I quickly noticed an omission: string exceptions are no longer supported and raise a TypeError. It seems like this should be mentioned in the "Porting to Python 2.6" section at minimum, or perhaps more prominently since this change will