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Re: Seekable files

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Jon Ribbens <jon+usenet@unequivocal.co.uk>:

> I'd just do something like:
>
>   try:
>       fileobj.seek(where-i-want-to-seek-to)
>   except (AttributeError, EnvironmentError):
>       # file is not seekable

Unlike Java, Python does not declare syntactically which exceptions the
caller should expect. Unfortunately, the library documentation is not
clear on it, either. So it is often a bit difficult to write proper
try-except logic around a function.

Having to specify the possible exceptions in Java is very painful and
has complicated the introduction of closures to Java quite a bit. I
think it points to a big practical problem in the whole exception
paradigm. Makes you wonder if the old error code mechanism would have
been better, after all. ("Why does Go not have exceptions?" <URL:
https://golang.org/doc/faq>.)


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Seekable files Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-03-15 21:35 +1100
  Re: Seekable files Jon Ribbens <jon+usenet@unequivocal.co.uk> - 2016-03-15 10:49 +0000
    Re: Seekable files Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-03-15 13:16 +0200
      Re: Seekable files Jon Ribbens <jon+usenet@unequivocal.co.uk> - 2016-03-15 13:49 +0000
        Re: Seekable files Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-03-15 16:26 +0200
          Re: Seekable files Jon Ribbens <jon+usenet@unequivocal.co.uk> - 2016-03-15 14:25 +0000

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