>so around 20+ years. Right, but if there's anything below that that would cause a syntax error, like an f-string, that Exception you created never happens. T

>so around 20+ years. Right, but if there's anything below that that would cause a syntax error, like an f-string, that Exception you created never happens. The end user just sees a syntax error. It's unfortunate there's not a better way to handle it, especially with so many people still having /usr/bin/python linked to a 2.x version.