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Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2015 02:55:57 +1100
Subject: Re: The Most Diabolical Python Antipattern
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On Sat, Jan 31, 2015 at 2:42 AM, Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> wrote:
> Like I suggested earlier, just don't catch the inner exception at all.
> The result will be both exceptions propagated, chained in the proper
> order.

So many MANY times, the best thing to do with unrecognized exceptions
is simply to not catch them.

ChrisA