[Python-Dev] Deprecating string exceptions

[Barry A. Warsaw]

>>>>> "GvR" == Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> writes:

    >> So I would like to propose that string exceptions are
    >> deprecated for Python 2.3, in order to remove them in Python
    >> 2.4, simultaneously allowing arbitrary objects as exceptions.

    GvR> I think string exceptions are used enough that we should
    GvR> deprecate them on a slower schedule.

Is there any controversy that string exceptions should, eventually, be
deprecated?  If not, then let's come up with a road map for
deprecating them, even if their use doesn't raise a deprecation
warning in Python 2.3.

-Barry