SF patch 1631942 by Collin Winter:
(a) "except E, V" -> "except E as V"
(b) V is now limited to a simple name (local variable)
(c) V is now deleted at the end of the except block
diff --git a/Lib/telnetlib.py b/Lib/telnetlib.py
index a13e85c..4964d59 100644
--- a/Lib/telnetlib.py
+++ b/Lib/telnetlib.py
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@
try:
self.sock = socket.socket(af, socktype, proto)
self.sock.connect(sa)
- except socket.error, msg:
+ except socket.error as msg:
if self.sock:
self.sock.close()
self.sock = None