On Wed, Feb 20, 2019 at 2:04 AM Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 20, 2019 at 1:59 AM songbird <songb...@anthive.com> wrote: > > > > MRAB wrote: > > ... > > > Don't use a bare except, it'll catch _any_ exception. > > > > that's ok with this code IMO, but i see your point. > > > > Not really, no. It means that ANY bug (barring an outright syntax > error) inside the try block will silently move you on to the next > check, possibly after printing out the message.
Oh, and not just bugs either. If the user hits Ctrl-C at just the right moment, KeyboardInterrupt will be raised. You'll swallow that exception silently, preventing the user-requested halt, and going and doing the wrong thing. Don't use a bare except clause even if your code is 100% perfect every time. (And anyone who thinks their code is perfect hasn't tested it.) ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
