[Python-Dev] PEP 310 and exceptions

Shane Hathaway shane at hathawaymix.org
Sun Apr 24 06:07:37 CEST 2005


Nick Coghlan wrote:
> Which means finding a different name for '__else__'. Two possibilities
> that occur to me are '__ok__' or '__no_except__'. The latter makes a
> fair amount of sense, since I can't think of a way to refer to the thing
> other than as a 'no exception' handler.

While we're on the subject of block handler method names, do the method
names need four underscores?  'enter' and 'exit' look better than
'__enter__' and '__exit__'.

Shane


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