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On 20/03/2010 00:19, Glenn Linderman wrote:
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On 3/19/2010 5:18 PM, Michael Foord wrote:
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probably get you buggy results, somehow or another. That's what <br>
> design, code reviews, and testing are for. <br>
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We'll have to "agree to disagree" then. If you want error silencing by
default, <br>
Python is not the language you are looking for. <br>
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We can agree to disagree, if you like. But taken to the limit, the Zen
you quoted would prevent the try except clause from being used. <br>
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No, that is what "unless explicitly silenced" means - you are proposing
to silence them <b class="moz-txt-star"><span class="moz-txt-tag">*</span>without<span
class="moz-txt-tag">*</span></b> an explicit try except clause. <br>
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Michael
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Who, me? The containment checking code would contain the try/except, I
was proposing.<br>
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Explicit by the programmer. That is what explicit means... Caught and
silenced for you by Python is implicit.<br>
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Michael<br>
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Glenn<br>
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