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 -- Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 PyCon 2011 Atlanta March 9-17 http://us.pycon.org/ See Python Video! http://python.mirocommunity.org/ Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
