What is the difference between 'except IOError as e:' and 'except IOError, e:'

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:28:16 -0600, Peng Yu wrote:

> I don't see any different between the following code in terms of output.
> Are they exactly the same ('as' v.s. ',')?
> 
> try:
>   raise IOError('IOError')
> except IOError as e:
>   print e

This is the preferred syntax. It is used in Python 2.6 and better. It is 
a syntax error in Python 2.5 and older.


> try:
>   raise IOError('IOError')
> except IOError, e:
>   print e

This is the obsolete syntax, used in Python 2.5 and older.


-- 
Steven