"Thomas Guettler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >I like python because it is compatible to old versions.
Python 3 will be a new and mostly improved dialect of Python. Some 2.x code will run unchanged. Much will not. Transition tools will be written. > That's way I think string exceptions should not be deprecated. > Is it too late to change this? Yes. > Way not make this line raise "..." > behave like this: raise Exception("...") Part of the motivation for 3.0 is to remove duplication and *simply* the language (= easier to learn), parser, compiler, and interpreter. Terry Jan Reedy -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list