PEP 317: Eliminate Implicit Exception Instantiation

[Steven Taschuk]

Quoth Bernhard Herzog:
  [...]
> Yes, but Python doesn't issue warnings about it. Actually, issuing
> deprecation warnings for exc_traceback and friends might be a good idea.
> The alternative has been available since 1.5 and it is a potential
> source of bugs. It would be far less controversial than the proposed
> syntax change for the raise statement, I think.

I agree entirely, but I don't see how such warnings could be
implemented.  How can you hook into access of specific globals?

PyChecker could do it heuristically, I expect.

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