I'm not categorically against it, but it needs to go into Python4, not a minor revision. It breaks too much. (Plus, the suggested transition easement, "A tool

I'm not categorically against it, but it needs to go into Python4, not a minor revision. It breaks too much. (Plus, the suggested transition easement, "A tool will be provided to automatically update code to replace bare except: with except BaseException:", indicates a fundamental flaw in this approach: it's still trivial for developers to catch-and-kill exceptions. So we're strictly increasing the verbosity of the language without actually solving the problem. :( ).