What's the use of the else in try/except/else?

[greg]

kj wrote:

> Wow.  As rationales for syntax constructs go, this has got to be
> the most subtle one I've ever seen...

It's to avoid masking bugs. Suppose you accidentally
wrote

   try:
     v = mumble.field
     sys.warming('field was actually there?')
   except AttributeError:
     pass

Then you could easily fail to notice that
you had written 'warming' instead of 'warning'.

-- 
Greg