On Jan 22, 2008 9:36 AM, Guido van Rossum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > IMO (1) or (2) are both acceptable, but I'd prefer (2): swallow > 'Exception'. There's a reason why hasattr() is different from > getattr() with a default value; it's too early for me to explain it > clearly, but I know it was discussed and argued at length when > hasattr() was introduced. > > I don't see why AssertionError ought to be treated differently than > TypeError or any other "regular" error. The key goal here is to avoid > swallowing KeyboardInterrupt, and to a lesser extend SystemExit. > > --Guido >
A particularly nasty case is that it swallows RecursionLimitExceededError. _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
