Guido van Rossum
[Michael]
It would still be worth doing, IMHO.
Then let's do it. Care to resurrect your patch? (And yes, classic classes should also be allowed for b/w compatibility.)
I found it and uploaded it here: http://starship.python.net/crew/mwh/new-style-exception-hacking.diff The change to type_str was the sort of unexpected change I was talking about. TBH, I'm not sure it's really worth working from my patch, a more sensible course would be to just do the work again, but paying a bit more attention to getting a maintainable result. Questions: a) Is Exception to be new-style? b) Somewhat but not entirely independently, would demanding that all new-style exceptions inherit from Exception be reasonable? Cheers, mwh -- ZAPHOD: You know what I'm thinking? FORD: No. ZAPHOD: Neither do I. Frightening isn't it? -- The Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy, Episode 11