Re: Guarding arithmetic

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Date	Fri, 24 Aug 2012 07:48:20 +1000
Subject	Re: Guarding arithmetic
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On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 4:49 AM, Dennis Lee Bieber
<wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>         By the time you wrap the equation with a lambda all, named, terms,
> AND supply the named terms after the lambda, you might as well just wrap
> the equation in a plain try/except block.

But closures spare you that hassle.

>>> a=1
>>> b=0
>>> print(safe(lambda: a/b))
42
>>> b=2
>>> print(safe(lambda: a/b))
0.5

(Example done in Python 3 so semantics are a little different)

ChrisA

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Guarding arithmetic Mark Carter <alt.mcarter@gmail.com> - 2012-08-23 02:05 -0700
  Re: Guarding arithmetic Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-08-23 19:16 +1000
    Re: Guarding arithmetic Mark Carter <alt.mcarter@gmail.com> - 2012-08-23 02:22 -0700
    Re: Guarding arithmetic Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-08-23 19:29 +1000
    Re: Guarding arithmetic Mark Carter <alt.mcarter@gmail.com> - 2012-08-23 02:22 -0700
  Re: Guarding arithmetic Laszlo Nagy <gandalf@shopzeus.com> - 2012-08-23 11:23 +0200
    Re: Guarding arithmetic Mark Carter <alt.mcarter@gmail.com> - 2012-08-23 02:47 -0700
    Re: Guarding arithmetic Mark Carter <alt.mcarter@gmail.com> - 2012-08-23 02:47 -0700
  Re: Guarding arithmetic Laszlo Nagy <gandalf@shopzeus.com> - 2012-08-23 11:28 +0200
  Re: Guarding arithmetic Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-08-23 19:30 +1000
  Re: Guarding arithmetic Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2012-08-23 12:11 +0200
    Re: Guarding arithmetic rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2012-08-23 10:15 -0700
  Re: Guarding arithmetic Laszlo Nagy <gandalf@shopzeus.com> - 2012-08-23 13:01 +0200
  Re: Guarding arithmetic MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2012-08-23 12:21 +0100
  Re: Guarding arithmetic Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2012-08-23 13:28 +0200
  Re: Guarding arithmetic Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-08-23 15:11 +0100
  Re: Guarding arithmetic Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-08-23 14:49 -0400
  Re: Guarding arithmetic Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-08-24 07:48 +1000

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