[Python-Dev] Accepting PEP 415 (alternative implementation strategy for PEP 409's "raise exc from None" syntax)

[Nick Coghlan]

On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 12:20 AM, Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org> wrote:
> On May 14, 2012, at 10:04 PM, Nick Coghlan wrote:
>
>>As the subject line says, as Guido's delegate, I'm accepting
>>Benjamin's PEP 415 with the current reference implementation.
>
> I'm glad to see this PEP get accepted.  I have just minor quibbles :).
>
> Can you or Benjamin improve the title of the PEP?  It's already difficult
> enough to keep the mappings of PEP numbers to subjects in your head, even for
> the subset of PEPs you track.  Having a PEP title that refers to *another* PEP
> number just makes things too confusing.  How about:
>
> "Suppressing exception context via BaseException attribute"  ?
>
> I also understand that PEP 415 is an elaboration of PEP 409, not a complete
> replacement, however it seems wrong that PEP 409 does not even reference PEP
> 415.
>
> Thus, while not a perfect solution, I suggest PEP 409 get a Superseded-By
> header that points to 415.  415 should get a Replaces header that points to
> 409.  Then PEP 415 should get a section describing how the bulk of 409 is
> still valid, except for blah blah blah.  (IOW, include the still valid parts
> of PEP 409 by reference.)

Helping others follow the bouncing ball in the historical record makes
sense to me - I'll make these tweaks this evening.

Cheers,
Nick.

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Nick Coghlan   |   ncoghlan at gmail.com   |   Brisbane, Australia