On Sat, 22 Feb 2014 02:12:04 +1100 Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Overbroad exception handling comes in two ways. One is simply catching > Exception or BaseException when a narrower class would be better, and > that's not addressed by this PEP (except insofar as it does not have a > bare "except:" syntax, and so it forces you to at least be explicit > about catching BaseException). The other is this: > > try: > f(x[i]) > except IndexError: > f(default) > > Translating that into this form: > > f(x[i] except IndexError: default) > > means that an IndexError thrown inside f() will not be caught.
Thank you and Nick for the explanation. This is a good point. I'm still put off by the syntax, though, just like Brett. Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
