Feb. 13, 2001
11:43 p.m.
Guido:
I still find it hard to flag overflow errors as syntax errors, especially since overflow is platform defined.
How about introducing the following hierarchy: CompileTimeError SyntaxError LiteralRangeError LiteralRangeError could inherit from ValueError as well if you want. Greg Ewing, Computer Science Dept, +--------------------------------------+ University of Canterbury, | A citizen of NewZealandCorp, a | Christchurch, New Zealand | wholly-owned subsidiary of USA Inc. | greg@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz +--------------------------------------+