== Why is this an issue?

The ``++raise a, b++`` syntax is deprecated in Python 3, and should no longer be used.


=== Noncompliant code example

[source,python]
----
try:
  if not is_okay:
    raise Exception, 'It\'s not okay'  # Noncompliant
except Exception as e:
  # ...
----


=== Compliant solution

[source,python]
----
try:
  if not is_okay:
    raise Exception('It\'s not okay')
except Exception as e:
  # ...
----



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'''
== Implementation Specification
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=== Message

Use "x" to raise an exception here.


'''
== Comments And Links
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=== on 21 Apr 2015, 09:07:09 Elena Vilchik wrote:
\[~ann.campbell.2] I changed the message. For code example it could be "Use "Exception('It's not okay')" to raise an exception here." wdyt?

=== on 21 Apr 2015, 09:24:19 Ann Campbell wrote:
\[~elena.vilchik] that message is fine with me. Note, however, that in the past we've steered away from such messages because of potential message length. Limitations in the platform - which have since been removed - were partly responsible for that.

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