Skip to main content

All Questions

-2 votes
2 answers
5k views

Is using nested try-except blocks problematic?

I've been seeing a lot of this construct throughout my application: def doSomething(): try: # setup some variables try: # do something that could throw an OSError ...
pstatix's user avatar
  • 1,047
1 vote
1 answer
114 views

Should exception-blocks handle only exceptions raised from try-blocks?

Should the exception blocks in a try-except sequence be specific only to those exceptions which may originate from the try? Or can they be inclusive of exceptions that may arise from handling the ...
pstatix's user avatar
  • 1,047