SF patch 1631942 by Collin Winter:

(a) "except E, V" -> "except E as V"
(b) V is now limited to a simple name (local variable)
(c) V is now deleted at the end of the except block

Lib/distutils/command/register.py

@@ -284,11 +284,11 @@ Your selection [default 1]: ''',
         data = ''
         try:
             result = opener.open(req)
-        except urllib2.HTTPError, e:
+        except urllib2.HTTPError as e:
             if self.show_response:
                 data = e.fp.read()
             result = e.code, e.msg
-        except urllib2.URLError, e:
+        except urllib2.URLError as e:
             result = 500, str(e)
         else:
             if self.show_response:

Lib/distutils/command/sdist.py

@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ class sdist (Command):
 
             try:
                 self.filelist.process_template_line(line)
-            except DistutilsTemplateError, msg:
+            except DistutilsTemplateError as msg:
                 self.warn("%s, line %d: %s" % (template.filename,
                                                template.current_line,
                                                msg))

Lib/distutils/command/upload.py

@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ class upload(Command):
             http.putheader('Authorization', auth)
             http.endheaders()
             http.send(body)
-        except socket.error, e:
+        except socket.error as e:
             self.announce(str(e), log.ERROR)
             return