[Python-3000] exceptions with keyword arguments

[Josiah Carlson]

"tomer filiba" <tomerfiliba at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 5/17/06, Brett Cannon <brett at python.org> wrote:
> > And I brought this up with Guido once and he was not enthusiastic
> > about it.  Basically, keep exceptions simple.  They are important
> > and basic enough to keep it simple.  If you want fancier support,
> > subclass Exception and add the support you want.
> 
> well, if guido pronounced on it than i guess it's settled, but why do you
> condsider *args to be simple and **kwargs not as simple? don't you
> think "ex.filename" is simpler/clearer than "ex[1]"?

From what I understand of Brett's post, ex[1] won't be available anymore
either.

While it would be convenient for inspecting exceptions when they are
caught via ex.attr, creating exceptions with keyword arguments seems
like it would be a bit if a pain.

 - Josiah