On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 6:01 PM, Terry Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu> wrote: > Unfortunately, catching exceptions may be and often is as slow as the > redundant check and even multiple redundant checks.
It depends on how often you're going to catch and how often just flow through. In Python, as in most other modern languages, exceptions only cost you when they get thrown. The extra check, though, costs you in the normal case. ChrisA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
