[Python-3000] Exceptions internals and removing sys.exc_*

Terry Reedy tjreedy at udel.edu
Tue Jan 23 04:49:48 CET 2007


"Phillip J. Eby" <pje at telecommunity.com> wrote in message 
news:5.1.1.6.0.20070122213225.04252ac8 at sparrow.telecommunity.com...
| Um, you're not taking 2.6 into consideration here.  Remember that there 
has
| to be a way to spell all these APIs in 2.6 that will still work in 3.0.

| IMO, this seems sufficient reason to keep sys.exc_info() around, since
| there *has* to be some way to access the current exception and traceback,
| that exists in *both* 2.6 and 3.0.

>From what I understand of Guido's recent comments on the 2.6 list, 'has to 
be' is a bit strong.  Pehaps he will 'have to' clarify.

tjr





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