Rene Pijlman wrote: > Steven D'Aprano: > >>ExpectedErrors = (URLError, IOError) >>ErrorsThatCantHappen = >> >>try: >> process_things() >>except ExpectedErrors: >> recover_from_error_gracefully() >>except ErrorsThatCantHappen: >> print "Congratulations! You have found a program bug!" >> print "For a $327.68 reward, please send the following " \ >> "traceback to Professor Donald Knuth." >> raise >>except: >> print "An unexpected error occurred." >> print "This probably means the Internet is broken." >> print "If the bug still occurs after fixing the Internet, " \ >> "it may be a program bug." >> log_error() >> sys.exit() > > > Yes, I think I'll do something like this. Perhaps combined with Peter's > advice to not micromanage, like so: > > Reraise = (LookupError, ArithmeticError, AssertionError) # And then some > > try: > process_things() > except Reraise: > raise > except: > log_error() >
Why catch an error only to re-raise it? This falls under http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?YouReallyArentGonnaNeedThis -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
