What about using multiple dispatch?
handle(::ExceptionType1, ::MyObject) = ...
handle(::ExceptionType2, ::MyObject) = ...
handle(::ExceptionType3, ::MyObject) = ...
handle(e::Exception, ::MyObject) = rethrow(e)
try
# Access a dict here
catch e
handle(e, dict)
end
Am Montag, 17. November 2014 15:49:24 UTC+1 schrieb Luthaf:
>
> Hello !
>
> Is there a way to catch an exception by type in Julia ? Coming from
> python, I am very tempted to do this kind of things:
> ```
> try
> # Access a dict here
> catch e
> if isa(KeyError, e)
> # Handle the KeyError, as I know what to do in that case
> else
> # Re-throw to upper level
> throw(e)
> end
> ```
> But that is a lot of boilerplate when used many times.
>
> Maybe it is not the Julia way to express this kind of problem (handling
> one type of exception, while letting the others go up), but I could not
> find something about it.
> I can not just remove all the exceptions as some of them are thrown by
> Base.
>
>
> Thank for yours answers !
> Guillaume
>
