RE: new except syntax in interim release 656

> From: Paul Prescod

> Pretty good. But did you consider:
> 
> except label = ExceptionObject1 or ExceptionObject2
> 
> Or how about
> 
> try:
> ~    ...
> except ExceptionObject1 or ExceptionObject2 as label:
> ~    ...
> 
> I kind of like that!

I must admit that "as" is already in the language.  I was just trying to
make minimum change to Python.  I guess you could argue that keeping the
label last is less change.  I guess the least change would just be
replacing the comma with "as":

	except (ExceptionObject1, ExceptionObject2) as label:

This would not only be less change but it wouldn't be introducing the
weird new expression logic of combining "or" with "as" :-)

Comments?