[Python-3000] exception info [was: Discussions with no PEPs]

[Greg Ewing]

Guido van Rossum wrote:

> I'm still hoping we can get agreement that storing the traceback on
> the exception object is the way to go. Only a handful of modules using
> pre-baked exception objects would have to be fixed, and likely those
> were doing it out of a misunderstanding of the performance
> characteristics.

One more thought on this -- do we still think it's a
good idea to make it possible to raise and catch an
exception in C code without instantiating anything?
If so, how does this interact with the idea of
attaching the traceback to the exception?

--
Greg