[Python-Dev] Python in Unicode context
M.-A. Lemburg
mal at egenix.com
Thu Aug 5 13:48:23 CEST 2004
Michael Hudson wrote:
> "M.-A. Lemburg" <mal at egenix.com> writes:
>
>
>>To me ...
>>
>>try:
>> ...
>>except Exception, errobj:
>> # catches all exceptions
>> pass
>>
>>... is the most natural way of using that single root (and it already
>>works great today).
>
>
> Well, uh, it's not totally bullet proof:
I meant that it works for the vast majority of all cases
you see in practice. I haven't seen a non-Exception based
exception in years.
>>>>class C: pass
>
> ...
> [24618 refs]
>
>>>>try: raise C
>
> ... except Exception, err: print err
> ...
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> __main__.C: <__main__.C instance at 0x403a7814>
> [24654 refs]
>
>
> but I this really doesn't seem to happen in the wild.
>
> (I have a hacky patch which makes exceptions new-style which I'll post
> in a moment).
>
> Cheers,
> mwh
>
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