[Python-Dev] Revert #12085 fix for __del__ attribute error message

[Guido van Rossum]

On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 10:35 AM, Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu> wrote:

> On 9/21/2013 10:30 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote:
>
>> Exceptions in __del__ point to bugs (sometimes in the stdlib) that
>> should be fixed, period. The only reason they do not result in
>> exceptions that are properly bubbled up and catchable is because __del__
>> is called from a DECREF macro which has no return value.
>>
>
> That is clear enough. What fooled me is the word 'ignored', in both the
> doc and message. How about 'skipped' (for technical reasons)?


That's a good point, although I'm not sure 'skipped' is better. Maybe use a
more neutral verb like 'occurred'?

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--Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido)
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