[Python-Dev] PEP 342 support for string exceptions in throw()

[Guido van Rossum]

On 3/24/06, Phillip J. Eby <pje at telecommunity.com> wrote:
> At 03:04 PM 3/24/2006 -0800, Guido van Rossum wrote:
> >The current state is that it always allows them, right?
>
> No.  It doesn't allow them.  Support for string exceptions was never
> actually implemented; I'm trying to implement it now.

Oops, I see. I'm +1 for allowing them, -1 for doing any kind of
detection of situations that might not allow them in the future.
(You're not warning about classic classes either are you?)

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