[Python-ideas] thoughts on generator.throw()

[Leif Walsh]

On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 1:20 PM, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:
> - raise should be decently fast, which is easier with a dedicated bytecode.

Why does raise have to be decently fast?

In my average case, at least, it's encountered at most once per
program execution.  Even if I was good about catching exceptions, the
point is that they're _exceptional_ cases, so they shouldn't be
happening very often.  I'm not about to say raise should be a
function, but I don't think it's got a huge speed requirement.

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Cheers,
Leif