[Python-Dev] Python in Unicode context

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Michael Hudson wrote:
> "M.-A. Lemburg" <mal at egenix.com> writes:
> 
> 
>>To me ...
>>
>>try:
>>     ...
>>except Exception, errobj:
>>     # catches all exceptions
>>     pass
>>
>>... is the most natural way of using that single root (and it already
>>works great today).
> 
> 
> Well, uh, it's not totally bullet proof:

I meant that it works for the vast majority of all cases
you see in practice. I haven't seen a non-Exception based
exception in years.

>>>>class C: pass
> 
> ... 
> [24618 refs]
> 
>>>>try: raise C
> 
> ... except Exception, err: print err
> ... 
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> __main__.C: <__main__.C instance at 0x403a7814>
> [24654 refs]
> 
> 
> but I this really doesn't seem to happen in the wild.
> 
> (I have a hacky patch which makes exceptions new-style which I'll post
> in a moment).
> 
> Cheers,
> mwh
> 

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eGenix.com

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