Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder1.news.weretis.net!news.albasani.net!rt.uk.eu.org!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed3.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.018 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.96; '*S*': 0.00; 'string': 0.09; 'broke': 0.09; 'compile-time': 0.09; 'from:addr:ethan': 0.09; 'from:addr:stoneleaf.us': 0.09; 'from:name:ethan furman': 0.09; 'lawrence': 0.09; 'message-id:@stoneleaf.us': 0.09; '~ethan~': 0.09; 'python': 0.11; 'backwards': 0.16; 'folks': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'split': 0.19; 'work,': 0.20; '>>>': 0.22; 'header:User- Agent:1': 0.23; 'subject:problem': 0.24; 'certain': 0.27; 'header :In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'raise': 0.29; 'wonder': 0.29; "i'm": 0.30; "d'aprano": 0.31; 'exceptions': 0.31; 'steven': 0.31; 'subject:About': 0.31; 'subject:some': 0.31; "we're": 0.32; 'community': 0.33; 'noticed': 0.34; 'display': 0.35; 'anybody': 0.35; 'no,': 0.35; 'one,': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; '2.6': 0.36; 'charset:us-ascii': 0.36; 'wrong': 0.37; 'two': 0.37; 'to:addr :python-list': 0.38; 'pm,': 0.38; 'itself': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'how': 0.40; 'simply': 0.61; "you're": 0.61; 'world': 0.66; 'nobody': 0.68; '100%': 0.77; '"not': 0.84; 'actually,': 0.84; 'received:64.5': 0.84; 'universe': 0.84; 'severe': 0.91 Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2014 20:18:51 -0800 From: Ethan Furman User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:16.0) Gecko/20121010 Thunderbird/16.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: About some problem References: <52c5fb00$0$29981$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - gator3304.hostgator.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - python.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - stoneleaf.us X-BWhitelist: no X-Source-IP: 50.38.15.216 X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Source-Sender: ([192.168.1.42]) [50.38.15.216]:59796 X-Source-Auth: ethan+stoneleaf.us X-Email-Count: 2 X-Source-Cap: dG9idWs7dG9idWs7Z2F0b3IzMzA0Lmhvc3RnYXRvci5jb20= X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 31 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1388724080 news.xs4all.nl 2858 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:49038 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:63033 On 01/02/2014 05:14 PM, Mark Lawrence wrote: > On 02/01/2014 23:49, Steven D'Aprano wrote: >> Mark Lawrence wrote: >> >>> raise "Not Valid DB Type" >>> >>> is perfectly valid in Python 2. >> >> Actually, no it isn't. It's only valid up to Python 2.4. In Python 2.5, >> string exceptions display a warning but continue to work, and in >> Python 2.6 >> they generate a compile-time SyntaxError. >> > > Thaanks for the correction. > >> You know how the world ended when Python 2.6 broke backwards >> compatibility >> and split the Python community into two? No, me neither. >> > > I'm 100% certain that you're wrong on this one, the split was simply > never noticed by anybody :) Actually, the split was so severe the universe itself noticed and split into two -- one where folks noticed, and one where nobody did... I wonder which one we're in? -- ~Ethan~