Re: A list of open points in the documentation

On 11/02/2010 12:03, Daniele Varrazzo wrote:
> So, I think changing the exception would only be a problem for people
> already using the method and dealing with it (who have probably
> already figured out that catching (IndexError, ProgrammingError) is a
> good idea) and not such a huge win for anybody else, who are now
> warned about what to do.
> 
> We would add the "strict mode" only for this small glitch which is
> /something else/ people should think about... for me it would be
> overkilling - just multiplying code paths while not being an huge win.
> I added a note in the documentation about the discrepancy and how to
> cope with it (http://piro.develer.com/psycopg2-doc/cursor.html#cursor.scroll):
> I think this is more than enough for both existing and new psycopg
> users.

On second tought, I agree. I suppose we can put a big notice in the NEWS
file to warn users and then change the excpetion to the correct type.

federico

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