[Python-ideas] Consistent programming error handling idiom

[Rian Hunter]

> On Apr 8, 2016, at 1:47 PM, Chris Barker <chris.barker at noaa.gov> wrote:
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>> On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 12:47 PM, Rian Hunter <rian at thelig.ht> wrote:
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>> > On Apr 8, 2016, at 12:02 PM, Chris Barker <chris.barker at noaa.gov> wrote:
>> > I agree with Chris A's point:
>> >
>> > Any unhandled Exception is a bug. Simple as that.
>> 
>> I'm happy with that interpretation. If that was codified in a style document accessible to newbies I think that would help achieve a more consistent approach to exceptions.
> 
> it already is in advice all over the place: "don't use bare except"
> 
> Doesn't mean folks don't do it anyway....

I think bare except is different from "except Exception" which is common and not discouraged. "except Exception" still masks programming errors.
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