On 2019-05-25 13:46:40 +0200, Cecil Westerhof wrote:
> Just changing the while loop to a for loop did not make sense to me,
> but this does. I now have:
> max_tries = 5
> for current_try in range(1, max_tries):
> try:
> posted = twitter.update_status(status = message,
> in_reply_to_status_id = message_id,
> trim_user = True)
> return posted['id']
> except TwythonError as e:
> if not 'Temporary failure in name resolution' in e.msg:
> raise
> timed_message('Failed on try: {0} of {1}'.format(current_try,
> max_tries))
> if current_try == max_tries:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This will never be true because the loop will exit
before current_try reaches max_tries.
> print('Could not get a connection to the internet: exiting')
> deinit(2)
Also you don't seem to stop here (unless deinit raises
an exception)
> time.sleep(60)
> raise RuntimeError('Should not get here')
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
So if you can't get a status update you will reach this point.
hp
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