[issue16950] the old raise syntax is not legal in Python 3

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset 89db18c77152 by Georg Brandl in branch 'default': Closes #16950: update wording about raise syntax. http://hg.python.org/peps/rev/89db18c77152 -- nosy: +python-dev resolution: -> fixed stage: -> committed/rejected status: open -> closed _

[issue16950] the old raise syntax is not legal in Python 3

Changes by Tshepang Lekhonkhobe : -- keywords: +patch Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file28713/raise-exception.diff ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue16950] the old raise syntax is not legal in Python 3

New submission from Tshepang Lekhonkhobe: There is an outdated statement that "the old form of raising exceptions *will* be removed in Python 3". It's ambiguous in that you don't know if such was ever in Python 3, and it is also time-sensitive (and now outdated). -- assignee: docs@pyth