--- a/ext/rest.py	Tue Sep 20 15:14:04 2011 +0200
+++ b/ext/rest.py	Wed Sep 21 17:38:00 2011 +0200
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# copyright 2003-2010 LOGILAB S.A. (Paris, FRANCE), all rights reserved.
+# copyright 2003-2011 LOGILAB S.A. (Paris, FRANCE), all rights reserved.
 # contact http://www.logilab.fr/ -- mailto:contact@logilab.fr
 #
 # This file is part of CubicWeb.
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
     try:
         try:
             eid_num, rest = text.split(u':', 1)
-        except:
+        except ValueError:
             eid_num, rest = text, '#'+text
         eid_num = int(eid_num)
         if eid_num < 0: