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/unittest.py

@@ -783,7 +783,7 @@ Examples:
             else:
                 self.testNames = (self.defaultTest,)
             self.createTests()
-        except getopt.error, msg:
+        except getopt.error as msg:
             self.usageExit(msg)
 
     def createTests(self):