In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, sc_wizard29
wrote:
> Also, can someone explain me why there is no try...except...finally
> statement ?
AFAIK historical reasons. There where some concerns about ambiguity. But
in Python 2.5 this form will become legal syntax.
> For example, the following code snippet is not valid, but
> what would be the correct python way to do it ?
>
> myFile = open('file.txt') # assume file exists
> try:
> for nextLine in file:
> nextLine = nextLine.rstrip('\n');print "line = " + nextLine
> except IOError:
> print "Error while reading from file"
> finally:
> myFile.close
You forgot the parenthesis for the `close()` method.
In Python <=2.4 you have to nest:
try:
try:
pass
except Error:
pass
finally:
pass
Maybe you are interested in the new (Python 2.5) ``with`` statement too:
http://docs.python.org/dev/ref/with.html
And the style guide: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/ (because you
used Java naming conventions)
Ciao,
Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch
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