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/timeit.py b/Lib/timeit.py
index 190b8c5..5dd3ca9 100644
--- a/Lib/timeit.py
+++ b/Lib/timeit.py
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
opts, args = getopt.getopt(args, "n:s:r:tcvh",
["number=", "setup=", "repeat=",
"time", "clock", "verbose", "help"])
- except getopt.error, err:
+ except getopt.error as err:
print err
print "use -h/--help for command line help"
return 2