[Python-Dev] Exception masking/chaining

[Fred L. Drake, Jr.]

Barry Warsaw writes:
 > I'm not keen on the name "cause" for the start of the exception chain.
 > I'm not sure I have a better suggestion.  Maybe "antecedent"? ;/

I actually like "cause" better than "antecedent", though not by a
whole lot.  The SAX exception (SAXException, of course;) provides a
method getException() to retrieve the embedded exception, though I'd
prefer a simple attribute or property.


  -Fred

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