[Tutor] How much in a "try" block?

[Alan Gauld]

On 22/08/13 21:27, Chris Down wrote:

> You can also use the "else" clause if there is stuff you want to run if the try
> block doesn't raise the caught exception, which avoids putting it in "try" if
> you don't intend to exit from the exception.

I admit that I've never really found a use for else in a try block.
I don;t see much advantage in

try: f(x)
except MyError:
     pass
else:
     g(x)
h(x)

over

try: f(x)
except MyError:
     pass
g(x)
h(x)

Unless you really only want g(x) executed if there
is no MyError exception but want h(x) executed regardless.

I   guess where h() is not using x it might be helpful but in most(all?) 
of my code I've usually bailed when x has gone
wrong or I've fixed things such that hg() and h() are required.

I'm curious, how often do others use the try/else combination?

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Alan G
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