[Python-Dev] cpython (3.2): Issue12510: Attempting to get invalid tooltip no longer closes Idle.

[Terry Reedy]

On 5/28/2012 9:48 PM, Brian Curtin wrote:
 > On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 8:44 PM, Terry Reedy<tjreedy at udel.edu>  wrote:

snipped context:      return eval(user_entered_expression, namespace)

 >>>> +            except:
 >>>>                   return None
 >>>
 >>>
 >>> "except Exception" may be better here.
 >>
 >>
 >> Idle's Shell catches all exceptions. I think the attempt to provide an
 >> optional help (a function signature) should too.
 >
 > Can you explain what this means?

What what means? I am not sure what you are asking.
The issue might help http://bugs.python.org/issue12510

 > You should probably not have a bare except

Idle code already has many of them Some perhaps should not be, but I 
cannot tell with my current level of understanding of how Idle works.
Would you prefer 'except BaseException:' ?

 > I'm not sure what IDLE has to do with it.

This is a patch to Idle.

tjr