Re: About some problem

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On 01/03/2014 12:55 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> André Malo wrote:
>
>> * 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.
>>
>> Oh? Doesn't look like it.
>
> Oh, it's a runtime TypeError, not SyntaxError.

The main point being that in 2.6 and 2.7 string exceptions do /not/ work.

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Re: About some problem Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-01-02 19:27 +0000
  Re: About some problem Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-01-03 10:49 +1100
    Re: About some problem Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-01-03 01:14 +0000
    Re: About some problem Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2014-01-02 20:18 -0800
    Re: About some problem Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-01-03 04:46 +0000
    Re: About some problem André Malo <ndparker@gmail.com> - 2014-01-03 21:28 +0100
      Re: About some problem Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-01-04 07:55 +1100
        Re: About some problem Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2014-01-03 13:17 -0800

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