On 1/2/2010 9:42 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
On Fri, 01 Jan 2010 15:27:57 -0800, myle wrote:Why we should prefer ``if: ...'' over a ``try: ... except something: pass'' block?We shouldn't, not in general.
One exception (pun intended) is if the try-block have a side effect that is difficult to cleanup cleanly.
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