[Python-Dev] Re: PEP-317

[Terry Reedy]

"Raymond Hettinger" <raymond.hettinger@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:001f01c32e41$b4b7c440$4827a044@oemcomputer...
> I think it would only be fair to add:
>
>   "If this proposal is adopted, nearly every piece of non-trivial
python
>    code that has ever been written would need to be revised or would
>    fail to run.  Likewise, most tutorial and book examples would
also
>    fail."

A conversion utility that converted 'raise item' to 'raise item()' and
'raise item,arg' to 'raise item(arg)' would definitely be helpful.  A
working version, or at least a promise to produce one on acceptance
might make the PEP more palatable.

Terry J. Reedy