PEP 758: Allow except and except* expressions without parentheses
This PEP 1 proposes to allow unparenthesized except and except* blocks in Python’s exception handling syntax. Currently, when catching multiple exceptions, parentheses are required around the exception types. This was a Python 2 remnant. This PEP suggests allowing the omission of these parentheses, simplifying the syntax, making it more consistent with other parts of the syntax that make parentheses optional, and improving readability in certain cases. ⌘ Read more