Often I do:

try: some_suite() except SomeError: pass

What I suggest is that instead we'll have this:

try: some_suite() except SomeError

What do you think?

Since the sole purpose of your proposal is saving 6 keystrokes I don't think it's a useful one. I do also lot of times the construct you mention but it doesn't bother me that I have to type the extra 6 keystrokes. In general, if the sole purpose of a proposal is saving a couple of keystrokes and nothing else in terms of readability, maintainability, expressiveness, etc, then I think the proposal is doomed to fail and rightly so. Cheers, Daniel -- Psss, psss, put it down! - http://www.cafepress.com/putitdown

On Oct 18, 6:22 am, cool-RR <cool...@cool-rr.com> wrote:

Often I do:

try:     some_suite() except SomeError:     pass

What I suggest is that instead we'll have this:

try:     some_suite() except SomeError

What do you think?

The explicit 'pass' improves readability by showing that the author made a conscious decision to ignore the error. In the suggested form, it looks more like the author took a coffee break in the middle of coding.

Often I do:

try: some_suite() except SomeError: pass

What I suggest is that instead we'll have this:

try: some_suite() except SomeError

What do you think?

Since the sole purpose of your proposal is saving 6 keystrokes I don't think it's a useful one. I do also lot of times the construct you mention but it doesn't bother me that I have to type the extra 6 keystrokes. In general, if the sole purpose of a proposal is saving a couple of keystrokes and nothing else in terms of readability, maintainability, expressiveness, etc, then I think the proposal is doomed to fail and rightly so. Cheers, Daniel -- Psss, psss, put it down! - http://www.cafepress.com/putitdown

On Oct 18, 6:22 am, cool-RR <cool...@cool-rr.com> wrote:

Often I do:

try:     some_suite() except SomeError:     pass

What I suggest is that instead we'll have this:

try:     some_suite() except SomeError

What do you think?

The explicit 'pass' improves readability by showing that the author made a conscious decision to ignore the error. In the suggested form, it looks more like the author took a coffee break in the middle of coding.