Proper way to handle errors in a module

Date	2011-05-11 12:29 -0500
From	Andrew Berg <bahamutzero8825@gmail.com>
Subject	Proper way to handle errors in a module
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Message-ID	<mailman.1415.1305134998.9059.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

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I'm a bit new to programming outside of shell scripts (and I'm no expert
there), so I was wondering what is considered the best way to handle
errors when writing a module. Do I just let exceptions go and raise
custom exceptions for errors that don't trigger a standard one? Have the
function/method return nothing or a default value and show an error
message? I'm sure there's not a clear-cut answer, but I was just
wondering what most developers would expect a module to do in certain
situations.

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Proper way to handle errors in a module Andrew Berg <bahamutzero8825@gmail.com> - 2011-05-11 12:29 -0500
  Re: Proper way to handle errors in a module Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2011-05-11 14:05 -0400
    Re: Proper way to handle errors in a module Andrew Berg <bahamutzero8825@gmail.com> - 2011-05-12 14:14 -0500
    Re: Proper way to handle errors in a module MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2011-05-12 20:25 +0100
    Re: Proper way to handle errors in a module Andrew Berg <bahamutzero8825@gmail.com> - 2011-05-12 15:12 -0500
    Re: Proper way to handle errors in a module Corey Richardson <kb1pkl@aim.com> - 2011-05-12 16:20 -0400
    Re: Proper way to handle errors in a module Tycho Andersen <tycho@tycho.ws> - 2011-05-12 15:26 -0500
      Re: Proper way to handle errors in a module Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-05-13 00:43 +0000
    Re: Proper way to handle errors in a module MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2011-05-12 21:26 +0100
    Re: Proper way to handle errors in a module Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2011-05-12 13:40 -0700
    Re: Proper way to handle errors in a module Andrew Berg <bahamutzero8825@gmail.com> - 2011-05-12 15:35 -0500
      Re: Proper way to handle errors in a module Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2011-05-13 10:56 +1000

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