In article <01aaa1da$0$20629$c3e8...@news.astraweb.com>, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote:
> Okay, but that surely falls under chapter 18 of the "Advanced Python > Programming for the Mars Rover" book rather than chapter 5 of "Newbies > Guide to Python". Well, sure, but this thread started out with my taking, ahem, exception to the statement, "never use bare excepts at all". I agree that doing so is not typical, and not the kind of habit that new programmers should form because it's not the kind of situation new programmers are likely to be involved in. But, "never" was too strong a word. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
