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/codecs.py b/Lib/codecs.py
index f834b8d..e4e14cf 100644
--- a/Lib/codecs.py
+++ b/Lib/codecs.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
try:
from _codecs import *
-except ImportError, why:
+except ImportError as why:
raise SystemError('Failed to load the builtin codecs: %s' % why)
__all__ = ["register", "lookup", "open", "EncodedFile", "BOM", "BOM_BE",
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@
data = self.bytebuffer + newdata
try:
newchars, decodedbytes = self.decode(data, self.errors)
- except UnicodeDecodeError, exc:
+ except UnicodeDecodeError as exc:
if firstline:
newchars, decodedbytes = self.decode(data[:exc.start], self.errors)
lines = newchars.splitlines(True)