Ferrous Cranus <ni...@superhost.gr> writes:
> host = gethostbyaddr(....) or "UnResolved"
>
> This will return the first argument that define the evaluation as
> being true or untrue.
>
> if function returns false the the 2nd argument.
> Nut if the function gives an exception will the condition return the
> 2nd argument or will the program fail?
>
> I was udner the impression that i could avoid error handling inside
> try/excepts by utilizing "or".
No, you had the wrong impression. Why don't you simply invoke the Python
interpreter and try things out with that??
>>> a = 1/0 or 100
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ZeroDivisionError: division by zero
>>> a
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'a' is not defined
>>> a = 0/1 or 100
>>> a
100
>>>
ciao, lele.
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