R: [Python-Dev] Deprecating string exceptions

[Skip Montanaro]

    >> Correct.  That's what the long-standing bug #411881 is about.  It
    >> just deals with the standard library however, and doesn't delve into
    >> the stuff in Tools, Demos, etc.

    Guido> That's OK.  But I don't understand why that bug would provide an
    Guido> argument for special-casing KeyboardInterrupt.

It doesn't.  It's just that KeyboardInterrupt is more like SystemExit than
like a real error condition.

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