On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 7:50 AM, Marko Rauhamaa <ma...@pacujo.net> wrote: > The "rigmarole" is trying to get around Java's mandatory exception > handling limitations, which Python doesn't have. > > You are not allowed to pass a lambda to the super constructor that > throws an SQLException. To get around the limitation, a RuntimeException > wrapper is created to smuggle the SQLException through the compiler's > defenses. Any code is free to throw a RuntimeException. >
Oh, it's THAT problem. Well, it's still not really a fair comparison of declared types. It shows how Python's much easier to work with, but what you're showing off is the simpler exception handling :) ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
