[Python-Dev] Re: [Python-checkins] CVS: python/dist/src/Include rangeobject.h,2.16,2.17

[Eric S. Raymond]

Guido van Rossum <guido@digicool.com>:
> Q. If an operation that failed with an AttributeError now fails with a
> TypeError (or the other way around), how important is that
> incompatibility?

Not very, in my opinion.  I don't believe I've ever coded an except for
either of them.
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