[Python-Dev] Bare except clauses in PEP 348

[Michael Hudson]

"Raymond Hettinger" <raymond.hettinger at verizon.net> writes:

>> > 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.

I really hope string exceptions can be killed off before 3.0.  They
should be fully deprecated in 2.5.

Cheers,
mwh

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