Lie wrote: > Ah... now I understand what the Zen is talking about when it said: > "Now is better then never, although never is often better than *right* > now." If you don't have all the necessary resources to fix an > exception right now, don't try to fix it, instead let it propagate, > and allow it to be handled in a level where there is enough > information how to fix it.
Well, I believe the original intent was more along the lines of adding features, etc to Python, but it's apropos here as well. > I think we should change except: into expect:, it would confuse less, > would it? It signifies that the program expects so and so kinds of > exceptional situations. Whilst the connotations are good, and I think create the right mindset, it ain't gonna happen. Cheers, Tim Delaney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
