Re: adding a simulation mode

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From	John Gordon <gordon@panix.com>
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Subject	Re: adding a simulation mode
Date	Thu, 12 Jul 2012 13:56:56 +0000 (UTC)
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In <mailman.2039.1342099220.4697.python-list@python.org> andrea crotti <andrea.crotti.0@gmail.com> writes:

>     try:
>         copytree('sjkdf', 'dsflkj')
>         Popen(['notfouhd'], shell=True)
>     except Exception as e:
>         print("here")

> behaves differently from:

>     try:
>         Popen(['notfouhd'], shell=True)
>         copytree('sjkdf', 'dsflkj')
>     except Exception as e:
>         print("here")

> because if copytree fails it quits anyway.
> I also looked at the code but can't quite get why.. any idea?

copytree() could contain a call to sys.exit(), although that seems like
a rude thing to do.

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Re: adding a simulation mode andrea crotti <andrea.crotti.0@gmail.com> - 2012-07-12 14:20 +0100
  Re: adding a simulation mode John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2012-07-12 13:56 +0000
    Re: adding a simulation mode andrea crotti <andrea.crotti.0@gmail.com> - 2012-07-12 15:17 +0100
      Re: adding a simulation mode John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2012-07-12 15:10 +0000
        Re: adding a simulation mode andrea crotti <andrea.crotti.0@gmail.com> - 2012-07-12 16:37 +0100
          Re: adding a simulation mode Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-07-13 02:16 +0000
            Re: adding a simulation mode Hans Mulder <hansmu@xs4all.nl> - 2012-07-13 18:33 +0200
              RE: adding a simulation mode "Prasad, Ramit" <ramit.prasad@jpmorgan.com> - 2012-07-13 17:08 +0000
              Re: adding a simulation mode Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-07-14 03:24 +1000
      Re: adding a simulation mode Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-07-13 02:09 +0000
  Re: adding a simulation mode Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-07-13 02:37 +0000
    Re: adding a simulation mode andrea crotti <andrea.crotti.0@gmail.com> - 2012-07-13 09:54 +0100

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