[Python-Dev] Re: PEP-317
Terry Reedy
tjreedy@udel.edu
Mon, 9 Jun 2003 09:58:38 -0400
"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