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Re: except clause syntax question

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From	Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com>
Date	Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:25:57 -0500
Subject	Re: except clause syntax question
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On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 7:00 PM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:41:00 -0500, Charles Yeomans wrote:
>
>> To catch more than one exception type in an except block, one writes
>>
>> except (A, B, C) as e:
>>
>> I'm wondering why it was decided to match tuples, but not lists:
>>
>> except [A, B, C] as e:
>
> Simplicity.
>
-snip-

I agree with the snipped, but would also like to add that regardless
of why it might be so, tuples do appear to be the canonical type for
collections that need to be typechecked -- not just for except; it's a
consistent thing that if you're going to do something with "X, or a
bunch of X's", then it's either an X or a tuple of X's. For example,
string formatting with % works this way, as does isinstance(a, X).

-- Devin

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except clause syntax question Charles Yeomans <charles@declareSub.com> - 2012-01-30 12:41 -0500
  Re: except clause syntax question Mel Wilson <mwilson@the-wire.com> - 2012-01-30 14:15 -0500
  Re: except clause syntax question Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-01-31 00:00 +0000
    Re: except clause syntax question Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com> - 2012-01-30 19:25 -0500
    Re: except clause syntax question Charles Yeomans <charles@declareSub.com> - 2012-01-31 08:57 -0500
      Re: except clause syntax question Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-01-31 14:51 +0000
        Re: except clause syntax question Charles Yeomans <charles@declareSub.com> - 2012-01-31 11:23 -0500
        Re: except clause syntax question Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com> - 2012-01-31 11:38 -0500
        Re: except clause syntax question Charles Yeomans <charles@declaresub.com> - 2012-01-31 12:29 -0500
        Re: except clause syntax question Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2012-01-31 08:56 -0800
    Re: except clause syntax question Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-01-31 19:12 -0500
    Re: except clause syntax question Charles Yeomans <charles@declareSub.com> - 2012-01-31 19:27 -0500
  Re: except clause syntax question Mel Wilson <mwilson@the-wire.com> - 2012-01-31 08:24 -0500
    Re: except clause syntax question Charles Yeomans <charles@declareSub.com> - 2012-01-31 13:04 -0500
  Re: except clause syntax question Duncan Booth <duncan.booth@invalid.invalid> - 2012-01-31 22:03 +0000
    Re: except clause syntax question Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-02-01 11:53 +1100
      Re: except clause syntax question Mel Wilson <mwilson@the-wire.com> - 2012-01-31 23:39 -0500
    Re: except clause syntax question Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2012-01-31 18:09 -0700
    Re: except clause syntax question Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2012-01-31 18:12 -0700
    Re: except clause syntax question Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-02-01 13:46 +1100

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