[Python-Dev] For review: PEP 285: Adding a bool type

[Barry A. Warsaw]

>>>>> "DA" == David Ascher <DavidA@ActiveState.com> writes:

    DA> Good point.  This reminds me of the unofficial deprecation of
    DA> string exceptions.  I still find using string exceptions is
    DA> darn convenient. Just adding 'import exceptions' is enough of
    DA> a step to stop me from doing it 'right' until the program has
    DA> scaled up enough (usually the same point where top-level
    DA> functions become methods on a new class =).

Why do you have to import exceptions?  All the exception classes in
exceptions are already builtins.  Is

    class MyEXC(Exception): pass

really any more typing than

    MyEXC = 'My Exception'

(expecially given that the base class specification isn't even
necessary)?

-Barry