On Nov 29, 2017, at 12:40, David Mertz <mertz@gnosis.cx> wrote:
I think some syntax could be possible to only "catch" some exceptions and let others propagate. Maybe:
val = name.strip()[4:].upper() except (AttributeError, KeyError): -1
I don't really like throwing a colon in an expression though. Perhaps some other word or symbol could work instead. How does this read:
val = name.strip()[4:].upper() except -1 in (AttributeError, KeyError)
I don’t know whether I like any of this <wink> but I think a more natural spelling would be: val = name.strip()[4:].upper() except (AttributeError, KeyError) as -1 which could devolve into: val = name.strip()[4:].upper() except KeyError as -1 or: val = name.strip()[4:].upper() except KeyError # Implicit `as None` I would *not* add any spelling for an explicit bare-except equivalent. You would have to write: val = name.strip()[4:].upper() except Exception as -1 Cheers, -Barry