R: [Python-Dev] Deprecating string exceptions (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido@python.org
Thu, 28 Mar 2002 11:29:59 -0500

Guido> Sorry. I told you I hadn't read the thread the first time around.

So, do we agree on this point?

Yes, "except:" should catch all exceptions, and in the future (when we can enforce the rule) so should "except Exception:".

Guido> We should fix the "except:" examples by catching a very specific Guido> error, like AttributeError, TypeError or KeyError. Not by Guido> catching Exception or StandardError.

Correct. That's what the long-standing bug #411881 is about. It just deals with the standard library however, and doesn't delve into the stuff in Tools, Demos, etc.

That's OK. But I don't understand why that bug would provide an argument for special-casing KeyboardInterrupt.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)