[Python-Dev] PEP 8 updates/clarifications

Sat Dec 10 10:53:07 CET 2005

Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org> writes:
> Let's say something like "string-based exceptions are strongly
> discouraged, and in fact may be deprecated or disappear in a future
> Python version. Use class-based exceptions."

If I have anything to do with it, they _will_ be deprecated in 2.5.
There is simply no excuse for writing new code using string
exceptions.
Cheers,
mwh
(PS: are people still interested in my new-style exceptions patch?
 http://bugs.python.org/1104669)
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