Sybren Stuvel wrote:
> Ant enlightened us with:
>> try:
>> assertion = callable.is_assertion
>> except:
>> pass
>
> Try to make a habit out of catching only the exceptions you know will
> be thrown. Catching everything generally is a bad idea. In this case,
> my bet is that catching AttributeError is enough.
and
assertion = hasattr(callable, "is_assertion")
is even nicer (and can be done as part of the if-statement after the call, in-
stead of in a separate try/except before the call)
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