Thanks Prof. I usually use a catch-all exception: except Exception, e:
and then inspect e when I get an error. On Jul 4, 4:36 pm, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: > I suggest > > try: > f=open(fname,'rb').read() > except IOError: > ... error message ... > > it is as robust as you suggest but more explicit. There is nothing > wrong with try ... except ... if you know what to except. > > On 4 Lug, 15:33, weheh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Can anyone comment as to whether this is good style: > > > try: > > f=open(fname,'rb').read() > > except: > > ... error message ... > > > ------- vs. --------- > > > import os.path > > if os.path.isfile(fname): > > f=open(fname,'rb').read() > > else: > > ... error message ... > > > I much prefer the first example because it's so much easier and quite > > robust. I figure I still have to do the try when opening the file, > > even in the 2nd case. Am I paying a performance penalty for having my > > cake and eating it?
