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> Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2013 14:27:35 -0800
> Subject: Re: cascading python executions only if return code is 0
> From: rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com
> To: python-list@python.org
> 
> On Sunday, December 22, 2013 12:37:04 PM UTC-6, Frank Cui wrote:
> > I have a requirement where I need to sequentially execute
> > a bunch of executions, each execution has a return code.
> > the followed executions should only be executed if the
> > return code is 0. is there a cleaner or more pythonic way
> > to do this other than the following ?
> >
> > if a() == 0:
> >     if b() == 0:
> >         c()
> 
> Hello Frank.
> 
> I kindly request that you be more specific when asking
> questions. Both your question and your example code contain
> too many ambiguities.
> 
> I'm still not sure what exact outcome you wish to achieve,
> the only certainty is that you wish to perform a linear
> execution of "N" members with later executions being affected
> by earlier executions.
> 
> Whether you want executions to proceed on failure or proceed
> on success is unclear. Here are a few explicit pseudo code
> examples that would have removed all ambiguities:
> 
>     if fails(a()):
>         if fails(b()):
>             c()
> 
>     if succeeds(a()):
>         if succeeds(b()):
>             c()
> 
> Or if you prefer a purely OOP approach:
> 
>     a.foo()
>     b.foo()
>     if a.failed:
>         if b.failed:
>             c.foo()
> 
>     a.foo()
>     b.foo()
>     if a.succeeded:
>         if b.succeeded:
>             c.foo()
> 
> or you could simplify using a logical one liner:
> 
>     if !a() and !b() then c()
>     if a() and b() then c()
> 
> Of course you could use the "all" function
> 
>     if all(a(), b()):
>         c()
>     if not any(a(), b()):
>         c()
> 
> But this "all" depends whether you're testing for success or
> testing for failure, and that point is a distant third from
> my desperate need of understanding your semantics of "what"
> values are *true* and "what" values are *false*.
> 
> I think (sadly) more time is spent attempting to interpret
> what an OP is asking rather than attempting to provide a
> solution to the problem the OP is suffering, and whilst any
> problem solving adventure is likely to improve our
> intelligence, fumbling about attempting to decode
> ambiguities is indeed time that could have been better spent
> IF ONLY the speaker (or writer) had put a small bit more
> effort into the question.
> 
> Look Frank, nobody is perfect, we all need to improve our
> skills here or there. So don't be offended that my
> statements are, well,... "frank".
> 
> 
> -- 
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Hi Rick,
Thanks for pointing out. I accept your advice and will try to make the questions clearer and more straightforward to interpretate . I already took the suggestion of using exception-based handling over the return code.
As to testing whether the previous function fails or succeeds, this doesn't really matter in the sense that I already mentioned a return code of 0. 
ThanksFrank

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cascading python executions only if return code is 0 Frank Cui <ycui@outlook.com> - 2013-12-22 15:37 -0300
  Re: cascading python executions only if return code is 0 Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-12-22 14:17 -0500
    Re: cascading python executions only if return code is 0 Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-12-22 19:31 +0000
      Re: cascading python executions only if return code is 0 Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-12-22 15:05 -0500
        Re: cascading python executions only if return code is 0 Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> - 2013-12-23 08:39 +1100
          Re: cascading python executions only if return code is 0 Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-12-22 16:53 -0500
            Re: cascading python executions only if return code is 0 Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> - 2013-12-23 09:11 +1100
            Re: cascading python executions only if return code is 0 Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-12-22 22:10 -0500
            Re: cascading python executions only if return code is 0 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-12-23 14:22 +1100
            Re: cascading python executions only if return code is 0 Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-12-23 03:43 +0000
            Re: cascading python executions only if return code is 0 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-12-23 14:45 +1100
            Re: cascading python executions only if return code is 0 Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-12-23 03:54 +0000
            Re: cascading python executions only if return code is 0 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-12-23 14:59 +1100
    RE: cascading python executions only if return code is 0 Frank Cui <ycui@outlook.com> - 2013-12-22 16:10 -0300
    Re: cascading python executions only if return code is 0 Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2013-12-22 14:49 -0500
      Re: cascading python executions only if return code is 0 Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-12-23 00:08 +0000
    RE: cascading python executions only if return code is 0 Frank Cui <ycui@outlook.com> - 2013-12-22 16:35 -0300
      Re: cascading python executions only if return code is 0 Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2013-12-23 13:30 +1300
  Re: cascading python executions only if return code is 0 Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-12-22 14:27 -0800
    RE: cascading python executions only if return code is 0 Frank Cui <ycui@outlook.com> - 2013-12-22 19:14 -0300
    Re: cascading python executions only if return code is 0 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-12-23 09:51 +1100
    Re: cascading python executions only if return code is 0 Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-12-22 23:02 +0000
      Re: cascading python executions only if return code is 0 Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-12-22 15:57 -0800
        Re: cascading python executions only if return code is 0 Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2013-12-23 07:27 -0500
        Re: cascading python executions only if return code is 0 Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-12-23 12:44 +0000
  Re: cascading python executions only if return code is 0 Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-12-23 00:25 +0000
    Re: cascading python executions only if return code is 0 Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-12-22 20:24 -0500
      Re: cascading python executions only if return code is 0 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-12-23 12:35 +1100
      Re: cascading python executions only if return code is 0 Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-12-23 13:33 +1100
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        Re: cascading python executions only if return code is 0 Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-12-22 23:57 -0500
          Re: cascading python executions only if return code is 0 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-12-23 16:09 +1100
          Re: cascading python executions only if return code is 0 Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2013-12-23 04:45 -0800
            Re: cascading python executions only if return code is 0 Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-12-23 10:10 -0500
              Re: cascading python executions only if return code is 0 Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2013-12-23 08:00 -0800
                Re: cascading python executions only if return code is 0 Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-12-26 20:37 -0500
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                Re: cascading python executions only if return code is 0 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-12-27 13:27 +1100
                Re: cascading python executions only if return code is 0 Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-12-26 23:29 -0500
                Re: cascading python executions only if return code is 0 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-12-27 15:40 +1100
                Re: cascading python executions only if return code is 0 Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-12-27 11:15 -0500
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                Re: cascading python executions only if return code is 0 Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2013-12-26 20:50 -0600
                Re: cascading python executions only if return code is 0 Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-12-27 15:39 +1100
                Re: cascading python executions only if return code is 0 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-12-27 15:45 +1100
                Re: cascading python executions only if return code is 0 Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-12-27 00:05 -0500
                Re: cascading python executions only if return code is 0 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-12-27 16:15 +1100
                Re: cascading python executions only if return code is 0 Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-12-27 00:41 -0500
                Re: cascading python executions only if return code is 0 Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-12-27 18:00 +0000
                Re: cascading python executions only if return code is 0 Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2013-12-30 17:36 +0000
              Re: cascading python executions only if return code is 0 Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-12-24 04:05 +1100
                Re: cascading python executions only if return code is 0 Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-12-23 11:03 -0800
                Re: cascading python executions only if return code is 0 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-12-24 06:12 +1100
                RE: cascading python executions only if return code is 0 Nick Cash <nick.cash@npcinternational.com> - 2013-12-23 19:31 +0000
                Re: cascading python executions only if return code is 0 Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-12-24 14:41 +1100
                Re: cascading python executions only if return code is 0 Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-12-23 22:58 -0500
              Re: cascading python executions only if return code is 0 Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2013-12-23 18:45 +0100
          Re: cascading python executions only if return code is 0 Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-12-23 13:20 +0000
        Re: cascading python executions only if return code is 0 Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2013-12-23 04:38 -0800
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          Re: cascading python executions only if return code is 0 Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-12-24 04:13 +1100
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