[Python-Dev] Re: PEP-317

[Steven Taschuk]

Quoth Raymond Hettinger:
  [...]
> PEP-290 advises against automated tools for this type of change.

I certainly agree to the need for human review of such changes.  I
don't think this would be onerous, though (as you've suggested in
private email) I should certainly try it myself.

  [...]
> Also, take a look at what would need to be done to the test suite.
> The changes there are less amenable to an automated update.

I will.

> Grep could find most potential changes but I don't see how 
> you can statically determine whether 'raise x'
> is a class or instance without running the code.

That's true.  Certain cases of two- and three- argument raise
statements are difficult as well.

Rather than discuss it in the abstract, how about I just implement
the tool I have in mind and see how well it works?

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