Message108320
> ntpath and macpath raise an AttributeError, so we could:
> 1) change them all to accept only bytes/str and raise a TypeError for
> other wrong types (correct, consistent, non-backward-compatible);
Sounds like the best thing to do.
> The option 2 is still an improvement over the current situation, but
> it would be better to find a backward-compatible way to also obtain
> option 1 (assuming that backward compatibility is a concern here --
> and I think it is (even though people could just change the code to
> catch (AttributeError, TypeError) and eventually get rid of the
> AttributeError)).
This isn't an exception you catch at runtime. It's an exception you get
when your code is wrong, and then you fix your code. Therefore I don't
think backwards compatibility is important. |
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2010-06-21 21:39:21 | pitrou | set | recipients:
+ pitrou, orsenthil, giampaolo.rodola, ezio.melotti, r.david.murray, l0nwlf |
2010-06-21 21:39:19 | pitrou | link | issue9018 messages |
2010-06-21 21:39:19 | pitrou | create | |
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