Exception Handling in Python 3

[Steve Holden]

On 10/25/2010 2:57 AM, Martin v. Loewis wrote:
> Am 24.10.2010 23:48, schrieb Steve Holden:
>> On 10/24/2010 4:44 PM, John Nagle wrote:
>>> Are exception semantics changing in a way which would affect 
>>> that?
>> 
>> No, I don't believe so. I simply felt that the traceback gives too 
>> much information in the case where an exception is specifically 
>> being raised to replace the one currently being handled.
> 
> I think you have puzzled readers a lot (including me) with the 
> statement:
> 
> "that Python 3 no longer allows an exception to be raised in an 
> except clause"
> 
> That certainly isn't the case.
> 
Of course it isn't. I believe the only readers puzzled  by my assertion
would be those who did not read the parenthesized comment immediately
following the sentence you quoted, which read:

> (or rather that it reports it as a separate exception that occurred
> during the handling of the first)

I understand that this behavior is deliberate. I just don't feel that it
is universally helpful.

regards
 Steve
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