[Python-Dev] Deprecating string exceptions

[Skip Montanaro]

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

    BAW> Is there any controversy that string exceptions should, eventually,
    BAW> be deprecated?

Taking a quick peek at my own code, the only place I see that strings are
raised is in code that works with ZServer (e.g. "raise 'redirect'").  I was
not speedy to get rid of string exceptions in my own code, but except for
external compatibility, I think they are all gone now.  Does Zope (clearly
the 800-pound gorilla in most backward compatibility discussions) still use
them heavily?

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