[Numpy-discussion] MAINT: Use of except-pass blocks

Hello everyone, There are multiple instances of except-pass blocks within the codebase that to my knowledge are bad practices (Referencing This StackOverflow Article. For example in numpy/ma/core.py there is an except-pass block that catches all exceptions thrown. Another example of this can be found in numpy/core/function_base.py. I was wondering if it would be a good idea to add some print statements for logging the exceptions caught. Also for cases where except-pass blocks are needed, is there an explanation for not logging exceptions? https://github.com/numpy/numpy/blob/914407d51b878bf7bf34dbd8dd72cc2dbc428673... https://github.com/numpy/numpy/blob/914407d51b878bf7bf34dbd8dd72cc2dbc428673... Thanks, Michael Dubravski