#11310: Monkey-patch catchall `except:` statements so they at least don't catch
`KeyboardInterrupt` errors
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Reporter: jdemeyer | Owner: jason
Type: enhancement | Status:
positive_review
Priority: minor | Milestone: sage-5.2
Component: misc | Resolution:
Keywords: | Work issues:
Report Upstream: N/A | Reviewers: Keshav Kini
Authors: Jeroen Demeyer, Volker Braun | Merged in:
Dependencies: #13109 | Stopgaps:
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Changes (by {'newvalue': u'Jeroen Demeyer, Volker Braun', 'oldvalue': u'Jeroen
Demeyer'}):
* status: needs_work => positive_review
* author: Jeroen Demeyer => Jeroen Demeyer, Volker Braun
Old description:
> There are a lot places in the Sage library which use
> {{{
> except:
> }}}
> This is bad because it catches non-errors like `KeyboardInterrupt`.
>
> ----
>
> Then the patch [attachment:11310.patch] fixes some of these.
>
> Then the patch [attachment:11310_auto.patch] has ben auto-generated to
> replace all remaining instances of
> {{{
> except:
> }}}
> by
> {{{
> except StandardError:
> }}}
> and all instances of
> {{{
> raise Exception
> }}}
> by
> {{{
> raise RuntimeError
> }}}
>
> ----
>
> '''Apply''' [attachment:11310.patch] and [attachment:11310_auto.patch]
New description:
There are a lot places in the Sage library which use
{{{
except:
}}}
This is bad because it catches non-errors like `KeyboardInterrupt`.
----
Then the patch [attachment:11310.patch] fixes some of these.
Then the patch [attachment:11310_auto.patch] has ben auto-generated to
replace all remaining instances of
{{{
except:
}}}
by
{{{
except StandardError:
}}}
and all instances of
{{{
raise Exception
}}}
by
{{{
raise RuntimeError
}}}
----
'''Apply''' [attachment:trac_11310.patch] and
[attachment:11310_auto.patch]
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Comment:
The new patch just fixes some fuzz 2 with #13109, back to positive review.
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