[Python-Dev] Re: [Python-checkins] CVS: python/dist/src/Lib getopt.py,1.7,1.8

Dec. 21, 1999


      Guido van Rossum writes:
...
+ 
+ class GetoptError(Exception):
+     opt = ''
+     msg = ''
+     def __init__(self, *args):
+         self.args = args
+         if len(args) == 1:
+             self.msg = args[0]
+         elif len(args) == 2:
+             self.msg = args[0]
+             self.opt = args[1]
+ 
+     def __str__(self):
+         return self.msg
! error = GetoptError # backward compatibility
This breaks as soon as the standard exceptions are strings; does
this mean -X will be removed in the next release?  (Please????)


  -Fred

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