On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 9:49 AM, Alex Burke <alexjeffbu...@gmail.com> wrote: > The reason I preferred the second was in addition to catching the > IOError when attempting the open() if the file does not exist I > thought I was accounting for the possibility en error occurs while > reading data out of the file.
If that's what you're expecting, then your message is wrong, because you say "file never opened" - but you possibly DID open it, and maybe read something from it. The choice between the two forms should be based on whether you want to distinguish between errors on opening and errors on reading, or conflate them as "file unreadable". There are times and places for each style. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
