On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:16:59 -0600 "Edward K. Ream" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 3:50 PM, Terry Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > > > a quick grep suggests "except:" occurs quite often in Leo. Should it? > > Not in Leo's core, it shouldn't. 61 hits in .../leo/core, although less than that in core code :-) And of course I haven't checked for what the except: block does, maybe some of them contain `raise`. > Furthermore, there are a number of legitimate uses for 'except Exception'. I think 'except Exception:' is an exception to the 'except:' anti-pattern :-) 'except Exception:' declares your intention to mask any error, it implies you've considered the consequences, more so than 'except:'. Cheers -Terry -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor?hl=en.
