[Python-Dev] Pre-PEP: Unifying try-except and try-finally

[Guido van Rossum]

[Fredrik]
> the standard pydiom for this is to change
> 
>     try:
>         blabla
>     except IOError:
>         blabla
> 
> to
> 
>     try:
>         blabla
>     except "debug": # IOError:
>         blabla
> 
> (to save typing, you can use an empty string or even
> put quotes around the exception name, but that may
> make it harder to spot the change)

Yeah, but that will stop working in Python 3.0. I like the solution
that puts a bare "raise" at the top of the except clause.

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