[Python-Dev] PEP 348 (exception reorg) revised again

Oleg Broytmann phd at mail2.phd.pp.ru
Mon Aug 15 15:33:33 CEST 2005


On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 09:16:47AM -0400, Raymond Hettinger wrote:
> It is completely Pythonic to have bare keywords
> apply a useful default as an aid to readability and ease of coding.

   Bare "while:" was rejected because of "while WHAT?!". Bare "except:"
does not cause "except WHAT?!" reaction. Isn't it funny?! (-:

Oleg.
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