diff -r 328739ea70c3 -r 20de1ace07a9 contrib/check-code.py
--- a/contrib/check-code.py	Tue Jun 23 22:20:08 2015 -0700
+++ b/contrib/check-code.py	Tue Jun 23 22:20:01 2015 -0700
@@ -281,6 +281,8 @@
     (r'\.debug\(\_', "don't mark debug messages for translation"),
     (r'\.strip\(\)\.split\(\)', "no need to strip before splitting"),
     (r'^\s*except\s*:', "naked except clause", r'#.*re-raises'),
+    (r'^\s*except\s([^\(,]+|\([^\)]+\))\s*,',
+     'legacy exception syntax; use "as" instead of ","'),
     (r':\n(    )*( ){1,3}[^ ]', "must indent 4 spaces"),
     (r'ui\.(status|progress|write|note|warn)\([\'\"]x',
      "missing _() in ui message (use () to hide false-positives)"),