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Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 01:22:03 +1100
Subject: Re: Short syntax for try/pass
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On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 1:08 AM, Leonardo Giordani
<giordani.leonardo@gmail.com> wrote:
> a lot of times the following pattern pops out in Python code:
>
> try:
>  somecode
> except SomeException:
>  pass
>
> Converting the code to a non-EAFP version, for example
>
> if len(lst) != 0:
>  lst[0] = lst[0] + 1

This could be just "if lst:", but I agree, LBYL is not Python's style
(and isn't always possible anyway).

You can at least squish it up onto less lines, which might look better:

try: lst[0] += 1
except IndexError: pass

Alternatively, you can use this style:

from contextlib import suppress

with suppress(IndexError):
    lst[0] += 1

ChrisA