On Mar 26, 12:21 pm, "Josh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a lot of except Exception, e statements in my code, which poses some > problems. One of the biggest is whenever I refactor even the triviallest > thing in my code. > > I would like python to abort, almost as if it were a compile-time error, > whenever it cannot find a function, or if I introduced a syntax error. But, > instead, it merrily proceeds on its way. > > Is there some idiom that you use in situations like these? > thanks, > josh
Try sticking in an try: #do something except SyntaxError, e: print e sys.exit(0) except Exception, e: print e # You put in as many exceptions as you like. Mike -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list