[Python-Dev] Can Python implementations reject semantically invalid expressions? (original) (raw)

Craig Citro craigcitro at gmail.com
Fri Jul 2 19:13:05 CEST 2010


"1/0" is much faster to type than "raise SomeError" and serves the same purpose sometimes for debugging purposes.  Let's not forget that not all code is written for eternity :)

Doesn't "raise" do the same thing for just two extra characters?

I agree that not all code lives forever -- but I bet we all have stories about "debugging code" living on a lot longer than it should have. ;)

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