Ron Adam wrote:
Steven D'Aprano wrote:
Words are just symbols, so anytime you have syntax including a keyword, you could replace the keyword with a symbol. That way leads to APL. As a general rule, keywords are more readable, punctuation is more concise.
Yes, I agree, but python isn't that strict about everything. To me a well defined exception expression that
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All the previous suggestions view the term as needing three values, so you need two separators along with unique symbols (or keywords) to come up with something that fits the need in a clear and concise way. I was thinking what if we could use the exception object itself as an operator, then the term becomes even simpler and more concise. But the only way I can think to do that in a clear way is to use syntax to identify the exception, such as putting colons, or some other symbol around the exception. <shrug>
An additional note, the when you view an exception object in the console it is bracketed by the less than and and greater than signs. Maybe there is a way to use those in a manner that is consistent with the string repr() returns. Ron