[Zope] Trapping zope exceptions in python script

[Jonathan]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tino Wildenhain" <tino at wildenhain.de>
To: "Jonathan" <dev101 at magma.ca>; <zope at zope.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 8:48 AM
Subject: Re: [Zope] Trapping zope exceptions in python script


> ...
>>
>> Try:
>>
>> context.afolder.manage_delObjects(['someitem'])
>>
>> where 'someitem' does not exist in 'afolder'
>
> works:
>
> try:
>    context.afolder.manage_adlObjects(['nonexistent'])
> except Exception,x:
>    if 'BadRequest' in repr(x):
>       print "bad request"
>    else:
>       raise x
>
> :-)
>
> (Ok, this _is_ ugly, but at least works. Certainly these
> exception types should be importable or even immediately
> available for python scripts)
>

Interesting work-around, but I agree that these exception types should be 
immediately available in plain vanilla python scripts.

Jonathan