On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:24:45 -0700, eliben wrote: >> You want to look up Easier to Ask Forgivness than Permission (EAFP) >> which is touted as the "canonical" error-handling paradigm for Python. > > Any (semi)complete guides on this canonical paradigm online ? I've only > found some references in maillist discussions.
There's the glossary in the documentation: http://docs.python.org/tut/node18.html Look under 'duck-typing', 'EAFP', and 'LBYL'. Ciao, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
