[Numpy-discussion] numpy error handling

[Rob Hooft]

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Travis Oliphant wrote:
| save = numpy.seterr(dividebyzero='warn')
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| ...
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| numpy.seterr(restore=save)

Most of this discussion is outside of my scope, but I have programmed
this kind of pattern in a different way before:

~   save = context.push(something)
~   ...
~   del save

i.e. the destructor of the saved context object restores the old
situation. In most cases it will be called by letting "save" go out of
scope. I know that relying on timely object destruction can be
troublesome when porting to Jython, but it is very convenient in CPython.

If that goes too far, one could make a separate method on save:

~    save.pop()

This can do sanity checking too (are we really at the top of the stack?
Only called once?). The destructor should check whether pop has been called.

Rob

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