Re: [Python-ideas] exception based conditional expression, similar to if-else conditional expression

On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 7:07 PM, Jeff McAninch<mcaninch@lanl.gov> wrote:

I would like to propose an expression, similar to the if-else expression, that responds to exceptions.

This is a pretty good idea. I can definitely see where I would use it in my own code. The only thing I would caution is in your simple example. I would choose to create a module full of conversion functions. It violates DRY to have the 'try float otherwise Nan' statement all over the place. -- David blog: http://www.traceback.org twitter: http://twitter.com/dstanek