[Python-Dev] PEP 409 and the stdlib (original) (raw)

Hrvoje Niksic hrvoje.niksic at avl.com
Tue May 21 12:05:37 CEST 2013


On 05/21/2013 11:56 AM, Serhiy Storchaka wrote:

try: x = d['key'] except KeyError: x = fallback('key')

def fallback(key): if key not in a: raise BusinessError(...) return 1 / a[key] # possible TypeError, ZeroDivisionError, etc

Yes, in that case the exception will appear unintentional and you get the old message — it's on a best-effort basis.

Hrvoje



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