[Ironpython-users] Exception handling in VS 2008

[Jeff Hardy]

The VS2008 integration is old, awful, was built by the VS Integration
team and not the IronPython team, and based in IronPython 1.0. That
version of IronPython predates the `except ... as ...:` syntax, which
is why it's a syntax error.

You can run Python Tools for Visual Studio (pytools.codeplex.com)
using the free VS 2010 Integrated shell, which is a much better
experience if you're only doing Python (mixed projects are a different
story - you'll need the full VS 2010 for that).

- Jeff

On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 5:05 AM, Cash <nokia1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
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> I'm getting issues with try / except blocks in VS 2008, particularly with
> the following way of catching the errors:
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>
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> try:
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>     something
>
> except Error as e:
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>     do something with e
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> When I try this directly from the IPY console it works fine:
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>>>> try:
> ...         open(fakefile.txt)
> ...     except NameError as e:
> ...         print 'E is: ' + `e`
> ...
> E is: NameError("name 'fakefile' is not defined",)
>
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> When entering the same code into Visual Studio 2008, it doesn’t like the
> syntax at all and highlights the 'as e' part as a syntax error.
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> Has anyone seen this before and know a way around it at all please? As it
> works in the IPY console and is valid Python, I'm presuming it is a bug
> within VS?
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> Thanks,
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> B
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