[Tutor] Engarde program was: i++
Alan Gauld
alan.gauld at btinternet.com
Thu Jun 7 09:44:39 CEST 2007
"David Heiser" <David.Heiser at intelliden.com> wrote
>
> def is_yes(question):
> while True:
> try:
> s = raw_input(question).lower()[0]
> if s == 'y':
> return True
> elif s == 'n':
> return False
> except:
> pass ## This traps the condition where a user just
> presses enter
> print '\nplease select y, n, yes, or no\n'
What value do you think the pass adds over just having
the print statement inside the except block? So far as I can
tell they will both do exactly the same so the pass is
not needed. Or am I missing something here?
Alan G.
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