R: [Python-Dev] Deprecating string exceptions

[Martin v. Loewis]

Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> writes:

>     Guido> One other, more practical reason to like the rule: "except
>     Guido> Exception:" would become equivalent to "except:".  
> 
> Just to make sure I'm not missing something (I probably am), I still think
> the recommended catch-all except construct should become "except
> StandardError:" with KeyboardInterrupt migrated to inherit from Exception
> instead of StandardError.

That is indeed a different issue. If you want to catch everything
(including KeyboardInterrupt), you need an except: clause, in which
case it is difficult to get at the exception object.

Regards,
Martin