-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Dec 22, 2006, at 8:05 AM, A.M. Kuchling wrote:
> A good rule of thumb is that you should only use 'except:' if the > exception handler will be printing out or logging the traceback; at > least the user will be aware that an error has occurred. Another aspect of bare except (IME) is that they are used when you want to do some work, but continue to propagate the exception upwards via a bare raise. E.g. rolling back a transaction, or as you mention, logging the error and continuing. - -Barry -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Darwin) iQCVAwUBRYv7znEjvBPtnXfVAQKjYAP/fxLKXLYQvA/CAfYKOVhBkeIUdqJ7qyxH fv6PXuOM7RwS4FuwtmmbHOw9omyO0Kv+iddx/MD+2hJN9TeeLveGSyr4kEDG5cYD APhy8KW18bKhtwAiZbxzV4VQ3Q22IQah/nHEmzUfaRYAl8Dms9FjwIPIrlEY2yaS TY+MNrUum2Y= =CZuk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
