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Re: Checking Signature of Function Parameter

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Date 2011-08-29 10:27 +1000
Subject Re: Checking Signature of Function Parameter
From Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
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On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 10:20 AM, Travis Parks <jehugaleahsa@gmail.com> wrote:
> Maybe I should give up on it, like you said. I am still familiarizing
> myself with the paradigm. I want to make sure I am developing code
> that is consistent with the industry standards.
>

In Python, the industry standard is "easier to ask forgiveness than
permission" - that is, let the exceptions happen. It's not worth the
hassle of error-checking when the result of not checking an error is
exactly the same thing.

ChrisA

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Checking Signature of Function Parameter Travis Parks <jehugaleahsa@gmail.com> - 2011-08-28 14:20 -0700
  Re: Checking Signature of Function Parameter Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-08-29 07:31 +1000
    Re: Checking Signature of Function Parameter Travis Parks <jehugaleahsa@gmail.com> - 2011-08-28 17:20 -0700
      Re: Checking Signature of Function Parameter Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-08-29 10:27 +1000
  Re: Checking Signature of Function Parameter Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-08-28 18:40 -0600
  Re: Checking Signature of Function Parameter Chris Rebert <clp2@rebertia.com> - 2011-08-28 18:21 -0700
  Re: Checking Signature of Function Parameter Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2011-08-29 07:30 +0100
    Re: Checking Signature of Function Parameter Travis Parks <jehugaleahsa@gmail.com> - 2011-08-29 09:45 -0700
      Re: Checking Signature of Function Parameter Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-08-29 11:42 -0600
        Re: Checking Signature of Function Parameter Travis Parks <jehugaleahsa@gmail.com> - 2011-08-29 11:04 -0700
          Re: Checking Signature of Function Parameter Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2011-08-29 16:36 -0700

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