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[John J Lee]

On Tue, 13 May 2003, Michael Chermside wrote:

> John J. Lee writes:
> > Strictly, I suppose it should raise ValueError if a dict lookup in
> > there fails, but part of me wants to just leave it at that and let the
> > KeyErrors propagate.  Is that a wicked thought?
>
> I would say that _IF YOU DOCUMENT IT_ there's nothing wrong with
> using KeyError for this purpose. Practically, you could use any
[...]
> and NOT wanting to catch the error from mySortaDictThing. So I'd
> say, go for it, and don't feel wicked.
>
> But do document it.

Done.

Thanks for the reassurance.


John