rsutton <rsutto...@comcast.net> wrote: > Hi all, > I am fairly new to python (ie < 2 years). I have a question about > pylint. I am running on windows 10/11, python 3.10.11. [...] > if p.returncode >= 8: > raise Exception(f'Invalid result: {p.returncode}') > > It actually runs fine. But pylint is not having it. I get: > > win_get_put_tb_filters.py:61:12: W0719: Raising too general exception: > Exception (broad-exception-raised)
pylint is just a linter, ignore it if the code works and you like it the way it is. pylint complains because you use Exception. Use e.g. RuntimeException to silence it. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list