[Python-Dev] SyntaxError for illegal literals
Greg Ewing
greg@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz
Wed, 14 Feb 2001 12:43:16 +1300 (NZDT)
Guido:
> I still find it hard to flag overflow
> errors as syntax errors, especially since overflow is platform
> defined.
How about introducing the following hierarchy:
CompileTimeError
SyntaxError
LiteralRangeError
LiteralRangeError could inherit from ValueError as well
if you want.
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