[Python-Dev] Re: Dangerous exceptions (was Re: Another test_compilermystery) (original) (raw)

Kevin Jacobs jacobs at theopalgroup.com
Tue Sep 7 17:11:57 CEST 2004

Barry Warsaw wrote:

I don't agree about having exceptions that pass bare excepts. A typical /valid/ use of bare excepts are in frameworks such as transaction processing, where you need to do some extra work when an exception occurs, then re-raise the original exception, [...] My policy for bare excepts is that without significant justification they must either re-raise the original exception or raise another exception. There are very few circumstances where I have allowed my team to write pure bare excepts. I haven't checked, but a warning for violations of this rule may be a nice addition to pychecker or pylint.

-Kevin

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