[Edu-sig] Using try / except: any stipulations against routine use?

[Vern Ceder]

On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 4:36 PM, kirby urner <kirby.urner at gmail.com> wrote:

> However, coding a loop to go through a list looking for a match,
> rather than letting the keyword "in" do the work, strikes me as "poor
> Python" that should be tightened up to pass muster.
>
> I  absolutely agree on this one...


> I don't think an "anything goes" attitude works.  Like in sports, some
> moves win more points and when you hire a coach, it's to develop best
> practices, not to prove how you're free of all idioms.


+1

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