[Python-Dev] Re: [Python-checkins] CVS: python/dist/src/Lib/curses wrapper.py,1.2,1.3

[Eric S. Raymond]

Greg Stein <gstein@lyra.org>:
> I just don't buy this.
> 
> Look at that code. Look at the definition of finally. That code simply
> screams for the use of finally.
> 
> Eric: just what happens? What is "broke things"? Do you have a reproducible
> test case that I can use?

What happened is that your version failed to pass an error exception upwards
after fielding it.  My test case was a buggy version of cmlconfigure.py, bug
since fixed.

Cleanliness is good, but the code has to work first.
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