Python Code Auditing Tool

[Diez B. Roggisch]

Hi,

>    I'm afraid that the only reliable way to gather what exceptions are
> raised is to read docs and/or come up with test cases.  This has been a
> bugbear of mine in Python as it's not common to find a nice :Exceptions:
> IOError <desc>, IllegalArgumentError <desc> type of description in the
> docs.
> 
>     However if you want an incomplete test, you could parse the code and
> check for raises and retrieve the class name of the exception - however
> this would be patchy at best.  Therefore it would sort of negate the
> point of doing the analysis in the first place.

I don't want that  - the OP wants. I agree with you.
 
>           Even in Java you cannot find every exception that will be
> thrown, only 'checked' exceptions but this is a percentage of all the
> exceptions (BTW why do you throw SystemException - it's a CORBA
> exception!  OK, it's a runtime exception but why not just simply extend
> RuntimeException?).  Also, if someone ever puts - catch (Exception e){}
> in their code they deserve to be kneecapped, IMHO the fault is with
> sloppy coding not with the supplied tools.

Most probably I throw RuntimeException - that was out of my head, I luckily
I haven't been coding java too much lately :)

>     Unfortunately its docs and testing again, that's why we get paid (if
> you're doing a job) or not paid (if you're doing it for fun!).  Although
> one language which comes closer is Eiffel which has require and ensure
> clauses on every method (following Meyer's Programming by contract
> philosophy).

Full ack again. 

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Regards,

Diez B. Roggisch