[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Doc/lib libexcs.tex,1.43,1.43.6.1

Guido van Rossum guido@python.org
Tue, 27 Aug 2002 20:57:04 -0400


>     Raymond> Note change in behavior from 1.5.2.  The new argument to
>     Raymond> NameError is an error message and not just the missing name.
> 
> It seems to me that somewhere in the docs it would be worthwhile to state
> 
>     Messages to exceptions are not part of the Python API.  Their contents
>     may change from one version of Python to the next without warning and
>     should not be relied on for code which will be run with multiple
>     versions of the interpreter.
> 
> Skip

Good idea!

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