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Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2014 10:12:19 +1000
Subject: Re: try/except/finally
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 10:00 AM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Jun 2014 06:37:01 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote:
>
>> I don't know
>> a single piece of programming advice which, if taken as an inviolate
>> rule, doesn't at some point cause suboptimal code.
>
> "Don't try to program while your cat is sleeping on the keyboard."

Hmm. I've never actually heard that one. Is it commonly taught in
programming classes? Because I haven't taken any.

ChrisA