chad <cdal...@gmail.com> writes:
> while 1:
A minor point: this is more explanatory and less misleading if you write
it as ‘while True’.
> try:
> con = urllib2.urlopen("http://www.google.com";)
> data = con.read()
> print "connected"
> #The loop doesn't exit if I use sys.exit(1)
> break
> except:
Here's your problem. Don't ever use a bare ‘except’ unless you know
exactly why you're doing so. Rather, figure out what exception types you
want to catch, and catch *only* those types.
> time.sleep(2)
>
> If I would replace 'break' with 'sys.exit(1)', the while loop will
> keep printing connected every 2 seconds? Why I this?> I thought exit
> meant exit.
Have a read of the documentation for ‘sys.exit’ to see how it exits;
you'll then see how you are foiling its purpose.
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