Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!feeder.news-service.com!feeder1.cambriumusenet.nl!feed.tweaknews.nl!194.134.4.91.MISMATCH!news2.euro.net!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail
Return-Path: <dan.kluev@gmail.com>
X-Original-To: python-list@python.org
Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org
X-Spam-Status: OK 0.067
X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.87; '*S*': 0.00; 'am,': 0.14; 'received:209.85.214.174': 0.14; 'received:mail- iw0-f174.google.com': 0.14; 'wrote:': 0.14; 'library': 0.15; 'tue,': 0.17; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.21; 'code.': 0.22; 'example': 0.27; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.28; 'received:209.85.214': 0.28; 'subject:?': 0.29; 'catching': 0.30; 'jones': 0.30; 'does': 0.33; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.33; 'daniel': 0.34; 'determine': 0.36; 'subject:/': 0.36; 'received:google.com': 0.37; 'received:209.85': 0.37; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'some': 0.38; 'received:209': 0.39; 'abuse': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'best': 0.60; 'subject:try': 0.84; 'constitute': 0.91
DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=H5opPEEVj3oM6dV0njyQg2oXzNOHf/4JIYTSG1OKa8g=; b=YtA1GpfTvX5zcKAgoc8M9b6jlEakL8zI4vfOPfx8nWFr79ds6BbR/EJ/kwWq7sHr3w V58cIVKdMISt82er8iLegNLg/oHGaRiMA0eGbbItERsI9aW5y7VGkvYVc3ihrZUdz9hl C8x4SSfsPNvYircIw1qVo0dPn1stAy2MzQg1k=
DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=CuEB5djN5TLIflGoW6dV6dwuU/HIKP6hr8n64+pQ0y9dWbsfMiUyvg7KpsC5LRwIRk cFDuNYw2oXUKsiIAnMabQHk780Dt14pekBuc8zIoUxv46LMDWzONN8pDbaprKqfmJvnz jtGyH15z7xGehApLna7YqZ3zxWlYSJCLsnmIM=
MIME-Version: 1.0
In-Reply-To: <iqa1fd$4l0$1@dont-email.me>
References: <iqa1fd$4l0$1@dont-email.me>
Date: Sun, 22 May 2011 00:33:33 +1100
Subject: Re: Overuse of try/except/else?
From: Daniel Kluev <dan.kluev@gmail.com>
To: python-list@python.org
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12
Precedence: list
List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language <python-list.python.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-list>, <mailto:python-list-request@python.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list>
List-Post: <mailto:python-list@python.org>
List-Help: <mailto:python-list-request@python.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list>, <mailto:python-list-request@python.org?subject=subscribe>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.python
Message-ID: <mailman.1878.1305984816.9059.python-list@python.org>
Lines: 12
NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.94.164.166
X-Trace: 1305984816 news.xs4all.nl 49045 [::ffff:82.94.164.166]:54815
X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl
Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:5919

On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 11:40 AM, Kyle T. Jones
<onexpadREMOVE@evomeryahoodotyouknow.com> wrote:
>
> It has been hard for me to determine what would constitute overuse.
>

Good example of abuse is catching KeyboardInterrupt or SystemExit
inside some library code. PycURL does it, and its truly annoying.

-- 
With best regards,
Daniel Kluev