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On Jul 29, 2016 7:22 AM, "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> wrote:
>
> On 29/07/2016 12:14, D'Arcy J.M. Cain wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, 29 Jul 2016 10:58:35 +0200
>> Antoon Pardon <antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be> wrote:
>>>
>>> As BartC already mentions it happens fairly often during debugging.
>>> Something like.
>>>
>>> try:
>>>    Some code
>>> except Some_Exception:
>>>    # Commented code for when I am debugging <Some code>
>>>    pass
>>
>>
>> I realize that that's a simplified example but really, isn't this just
>> as easy?
>>
>> try:
>>    Some code
>> # except Some_Exception:
>>    # Commented code for when I am debugging <Some code>
>
>
> Will it behave the same way when there is a Some_Exception exception?

Besides that, a try block on its own with no dependents blocks isn't even
legal syntax. You'd have to comment the try as well and replace it with "if
1" or similar.