Question

Is there a way to define names for multiple exceptions by using the as keyword or the python 2.5 grammar Exception, e? So if you define an try/except clause with exceptions in a tuple like this ...except (RuntimeError, TypeError, NameError): to also assign names to the errors e.g. like as (Rerr,Terr,Nerr)?

Or do I have to define them separately one by one?

try:
    ....
except RuntimeError as Rerr:
    ....
except TypeError as Terr:
    ....
....

Answer 1

But if you need them each named separately, then you’re presumably defining separate handler logic for each, in which case what is wrong with the separate definitions?

You can assign a single name to the exception regardless of type:

except (RuntimeError, TypeError, NameError) as e: