[Python-Dev] an alternative to embedding policy in PEP 418 (was: PEP 418: Add monotonic clock) (original) (raw)

Stephen J. Turnbull stephen at xemacs.org
Thu Apr 5 15:06:38 CEST 2012


On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 8:05 AM, Oleg Broytman <phd at phdru.name> wrote:

Well, I am partially retreat. "Errors should never pass silently. Unless explicitly silenced." getclock(FLAG, onerror=None) could return None.

I still don't see what's erroneous about returning None when asked for an object that is documented to possibly not exist, ever, in some implementations. Isn't that precisely why None exists?



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