Re: exception problem

Date	2012-06-28 05:52 -0700
From	Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us>
Subject	Re: exception problem
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Charles Hixson wrote:
> On 06/25/2012 12:48 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>> "Catch any exception" is almost certainly the wrong thing to do, almost
>> always.
>>    
> This time it was the right thing

No, it wasn't.  If you hadn't caught it, Python would have printed it 
out for you, along with the full trace-back, giving you most if not all 
the information you needed to track down the bug.

~Ethan~

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Re: exception problem Charles Hixson <charleshixsn@earthlink.net> - 2012-06-24 16:16 -0700
  Re: exception problem Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-06-25 07:48 +0000
    Re: exception problem Charles Hixson <charleshixsn@earthlink.net> - 2012-06-27 17:13 -0700
      Re: exception problem alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2012-06-27 17:36 -0700
      Re: exception problem Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-06-28 03:44 +0000
    Re: exception problem Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2012-06-28 05:52 -0700

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