24 Jul
2002
24 Jul
'02
2:49 p.m.
Ed Leafe wrote:
On Wednesday, July 24, 2002, at 09:54 AM, peter sabaini wrote:
why the aversion against try/except (just curious)?
My general coding standards always prefer to make an explicit test rather than catching errors. I think the code is more readable, and is more in line with the thought process that created it. If there is a way to test something, I strongly prefer to use that, and only resort to catching errors if necessary.
i also think that explicit testing is a Good Thing(tm) but one could argue that the absence of a variable is "sufficiently erroneous" to warrant a try/except block... oh well, i guess i'm getting offtopic :-) cheers, peter.