[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-411881 ] Use of "except:" in modules

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Bugs item #411881, was updated on 2001-03-28 04:58
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Category: Python Library
Group: None
Status: Open
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Itamar Shtull-Trauring (itamar)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
>Summary: Use of "except:" in modules

Initial Comment:
A large amount of modules in the standard library use
"except:" instead of specifying the exceptions to be
caught. In some cases this may be correct, but I think
in most cases this not true and this may cause
problems. Here's the list of modules, which I got by
doing:

   grep "except:" *.py | cut -f 1 -d " " | sort | uniq

Bastion.py
CGIHTTPServer.py
Cookie.py
SocketServer.py
anydbm.py
asyncore.py
bdb.py
cgi.py
chunk.py
cmd.py
code.py
compileall.py
doctest.py
fileinput.py
formatter.py
getpass.py
htmllib.py
imaplib.py
inspect.py
locale.py
locale.py
mailcap.py
mhlib.py
mimetools.py
mimify.py
os.py
pdb.py
popen2.py
posixfile.py
pre.py
pstats.py
pty.py
pyclbr.py
pydoc.py
repr.py
rexec.py
rfc822.py
shelve.py
shutil.py
tempfile.py
threading.py
traceback.py
types.py
unittest.py
urllib.py
zipfile.py


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>Comment By: Martin v. Löwis (loewis)
Date: 2001-03-29 22:59

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Can you identify modules where catching everything is
incorrect, and propose changes to correct them. This should
be done one-by-one, with careful analysis in each case, and
may take well months or years to complete.

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