[Python-Dev] Bare except clauses in PEP 348

[Raymond Hettinger]

> > Hmm, that may not be a killer.  I wonder if it is possible to treat
> > BaseException as a constant (like we do with None) and teach the
> > compiler to interpret it as catching anything that gets raised so
that
> > "except BaseException" will work like a bare except clause does now.
> 
> Sorry Raymond, but my first reaction is "ick" :).  That seems to be a
> big change in the semantics of exception matching.  I think I'd rather
> keep bare except than add that!

That may be your only other option if we're waiting until 3.0 to
eliminate string exceptions and class exceptions not derived from the
hierarchy.


Raymond