[Python-Dev] PEP 8: mention bare 'except:' (original) (raw)

Brett Cannon brett at python.org
Fri Dec 22 21:15:23 CET 2006


On 12/22/06, A.M. Kuchling <amk at amk.ca> wrote:

http://www.python.org/sf/411881 is a bug about removing use of 'except:' in stdlib code. In many cases the intent is to catch one particular exception such as ImportError or AttributeError, but catching all exceptions can disguise othter problems.

Should PEP 8 mention this issue?

Yes.

-Brett



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