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Re: How to handle exceptions properly in a pythonic way?

From Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: How to handle exceptions properly in a pythonic way?
Date 2015-11-05 14:58 +1100
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On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 2:41 PM,  <zljubisic@gmail.com> wrote:
> Raising an exception forces me to put every call of the get_html function in try/except block.
> If I am returning a special value, than I can call get_html and then test the value.
>
> I am not sure which approach is better.

Raising an exception means that if you fail to put it in a try/except,
you get a traceback that walks you through the exact location of the
problem.

Returning a special value means that if you fail to test the value,
you either get an exception further on (if you get back None and try
to treat it as a string, for instance), or get incorrect results, with
no indication of the actual cause of the problem.

Which would you prefer?

ChrisA

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How to handle exceptions properly in a pythonic way? zljubisic@gmail.com - 2015-11-02 11:24 -0800
  Re: How to handle exceptions properly in a pythonic way? John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2015-11-02 20:05 +0000
    Re: How to handle exceptions properly in a pythonic way? zljubisic@gmail.com - 2015-11-04 19:41 -0800
      Re: How to handle exceptions properly in a pythonic way? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-11-05 14:58 +1100
        Re: How to handle exceptions properly in a pythonic way? zljubisic@gmail.com - 2015-11-04 20:18 -0800
          Re: How to handle exceptions properly in a pythonic way? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-11-05 15:51 +1100
            Re: How to handle exceptions properly in a pythonic way? zljubisic@gmail.com - 2015-11-09 13:43 -0800
          Re: How to handle exceptions properly in a pythonic way? tian.su.yale@gmail.com - 2015-11-04 21:02 -0800
  Re: How to handle exceptions properly in a pythonic way? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-11-02 13:58 -0700
    Re: How to handle exceptions properly in a pythonic way? zljubisic@gmail.com - 2015-11-04 20:11 -0800
  Re: How to handle exceptions properly in a pythonic way? tian.su.yale@gmail.com - 2015-11-04 21:15 -0800
    Re: How to handle exceptions properly in a pythonic way? zljubisic@gmail.com - 2015-11-09 13:36 -0800

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