[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-532467 ] 6.9 The raise statement is confusing

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Bugs item #532467, was opened at 2002-03-20 08:37
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Category: Documentation
Group: Python 2.2
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Patrick K. O'Brien (pobrien)
Assigned to: Fred L. Drake, Jr. (fdrake)
Summary: 6.9 The raise statement is confusing

Initial Comment:
The description supplied for "6.9 The raise statement" 
is confusing. In particular, it starts by explaining 
the intent of each "expresssion" and midway switches 
to "object" instead of expression. In particular, I 
can't make heads or tails out of the following passage:

"If the first object is a string, it then raises the 
exception identified by the first object, with the 
second one (or None) as its parameter. If the first 
object is a class or instance, it raises the exception 
identified by the class of the instance determined in 
the previous step, with the instance as its parameter."

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>Comment By: Raymond Hettinger (rhettinger)
Date: 2002-05-15 23:10

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Attached two alternative patches.

The first makes minimal changes to achieve a clear and 
consistent use of "objects" versus "expressions".

The second alternative re-paragraphs the text and uses 
parallel sentence contruction to provide (IMHO) 
greater clarity without getting a headache reading it.

If accepted, please re-assign to Raymond for a commit to 
2.3 and to release22-maint.

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