The rap against "while True:" loops
Hendrik van Rooyen
hendrik at microcorp.co.za
Sun Oct 18 04:08:18 EDT 2009
On Saturday, 17 October 2009 16:30:55 Aahz wrote:
> In article <mailman.1589.1255781573.2807.python-list at python.org>,
>
> Tim Rowe <digitig at gmail.com> wrote:
> >The point is that an exception causes a change in program flow, so of
> >course they're used for flow control. It's what they do. The question
> >is in what cases it's appropriate to use them.
>
> Standard Python idiom:
>
> try:
> d[key] += value
> except KeyError:
> d[key] = value
>
> Maybe you need to re-think "appropriate".
Standard Python idiom:
if key in d:
d[key] += value
else:
d[key] = value
Maybe you need to re-think "appropriate".
- Hendrik
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