diff -r 3172da69ff37 -r 07d08c130892 contrib/check-code.py
--- a/contrib/check-code.py	Thu Dec 16 14:50:27 2010 -0600
+++ b/contrib/check-code.py	Thu Dec 16 14:50:36 2010 -0600
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@
     (r'[\x80-\xff]', "non-ASCII character literal"),
     (r'("\')\.format\(', "str.format() not available in Python 2.4"),
     (r'^\s*with\s+', "with not available in Python 2.4"),
+    (r'^\s*except.* as .*:', "except as not available in Python 2.4"),
     (r'(?<!def)\s+(any|all|format)\(',
      "any/all/format not available in Python 2.4"),
     (r'(?<!def)\s+(callable)\(',