J. Peng a écrit : > def safe_float(object): > try: > retval = float(object) > except (ValueError, TypeError), oops: > retval = str(oops) > return retval
> The code above works well. For which definition of "works well" ? This function is really ill-named - it returns either a float or a string, so it is definitively not safe : def dosomething(x): return x + (x / 0.5) x=safe_float([1,2,3,4]) // a dozen line of code here y = dosomething(x) And now, have fun trying to trace the real problem... Better to not use this function at all IMHO - at least, you'll get a meaningfull traceback. > But what's the instance of "oops"? where is it > coming from? I'm totally confused on it.thanks. cf other answers on this. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
