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diff --git a/doc/release/upcoming_changes/15255.compatibility.rst b/doc/release/upcoming_changes/15255.compatibility.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..e360eeeb3 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/release/upcoming_changes/15255.compatibility.rst @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +``numpy.distutils.compat`` has been removed +------------------------------------------- +This module contained only the function ``get_exception()``, which was used as:: + + try: + ... + except Exception: + e = get_exception() + +Its purpose was to handle the change in syntax introduced in Python 2.6, from +``except Exception, e:`` to ``except Exception as e:``, meaning it was only +necessary for codebases supporting Python 2.5 and older. |