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Re: How to streamingly read text file and display whenever updated text

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On 06/10/2013 05:06, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Sat, 05 Oct 2013 20:17:32 -0700, galeomaga wrote:
>
>
>> if __name__ == '__main__':
>> 	try:
>> 		thread.start_new_thread( readfile, ("Thread-1", ) )
>> 	except:
>>     		print "Error: unable to start thread"
>
>
> Why not? If you can't start a thread, you have a problem with your code.
> How do you expect to debug this problem?
>
>
> "I find it amusing when novice programmers believe their main job is
> preventing programs from crashing. More experienced programmers realize
> that correct code is great, code that crashes could use improvement, but
> incorrect code that doesn’t crash is a horrible nightmare."
> -- Chris Smith
>
> http://cdsmith.wordpress.com/2011/01/09/an-old-article-i-wrote/
>
>

Roughly translated for the benefit of newbies remove the try/except :)

Also note that a bare except is extremely bad practice, e.g. you can't 
stop rogue programs with a CTRL-C

-- 
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Most poems rhyme,
But this one doesn't.

Mark Lawrence

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How to streamingly read text file and display whenever updated text galeomaga@gmail.com - 2013-10-05 00:38 -0700
  Re: How to streamingly read text file and display whenever updated text galeomaga@gmail.com - 2013-10-05 00:54 -0700
    Re: How to streamingly read text file and display whenever updated text Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-10-05 09:12 +0100
  Re: How to streamingly read text file and display whenever updated text "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2013-10-05 09:06 +0100
    Re: How to streamingly read text file and display whenever updated text Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-10-05 09:14 +0100
  Re: How to streamingly read text file and display whenever updated text Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2013-10-05 11:25 +0100
  Re: How to streamingly read text file and display whenever updated text Joost Molenaar <j.j.molenaar@gmail.com> - 2013-10-05 13:02 +0200
    Re: How to streamingly read text file and display whenever updated text galeomaga@gmail.com - 2013-10-05 20:17 -0700
      Re: How to streamingly read text file and display whenever updated text Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-10-06 14:28 +1100
      Re: How to streamingly read text file and display whenever updated text Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-10-06 04:06 +0000
        Re: How to streamingly read text file and display whenever updated text galeomaga@gmail.com - 2013-10-06 01:49 -0700
        Re: How to streamingly read text file and display whenever updated text Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-10-06 11:36 +0100
        Re: How to streamingly read text file and display whenever updated text Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-10-06 22:03 +1100
        Re: How to streamingly read text file and display whenever updated text Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-10-06 12:13 +0100
        Re: How to streamingly read text file and display whenever updated text Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-10-06 22:15 +1100
        Re: How to streamingly read text file and display whenever updated text Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-10-06 12:31 +0100
        Re: How to streamingly read text file and display whenever updated text Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-10-06 22:44 +1100
          Re: How to streamingly read text file and display whenever updated text galeomaga@gmail.com - 2013-10-06 18:54 -0700
            Re: How to streamingly read text file and display whenever updated text Andreas Perstinger <andipersti@gmail.com> - 2013-10-07 11:52 +0200
  Re: How to streamingly read text file and display whenever updated text Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-10-05 12:08 +0100

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