Merge pull request #631 from matrix-org/markjh/py3v1

Use syntax that's valid on both py2.7 and py3

synapse/handlers/federation.py

@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ class FederationHandler(BaseHandler):
                         limit=100,
                         extremities=[e for e in extremities.keys()]
                     )
-                except SynapseError:
+                except SynapseError as e:
                     logger.info(
                         "Failed to backfill from %s because %s",
                         dom, e,

synapse/handlers/register.py

@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ class RegistrationHandler(BaseHandler):
                 password_hash=None
             )
             yield registered_user(self.distributor, user)
-        except Exception, e:
+        except Exception as e:
             yield self.store.add_access_token_to_user(user_id, token)
             # Ignore Registration errors
             logger.exception(e)