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Is nesting try-except sequence in try-else block bad form?
Ive got a boot sequence that needs to check some registry values, they may or may not be present, so each check needs to be wrapped in its own try-except. I try to avoid nesting as I think it can lead ...
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Handling same exception thrown by different methods
Is there an idiomatic way to catch an exception when multiple methods may throw?:
try:
someMethod() # raises OSError
someOtherMethod() # raises OSError
except OSError:
handle()
The ...
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What is a good approach to handling exceptions?
I have trouble reconciling "best practices" and real-world approaches to handling exceptions. In my day to day routine, I find myself running into the following examples:
try:
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Design of multi-test function to validate a string
Assume that I wish to perform an action on a string (e.g., print the string) if, and only if, the string first passes several tests. The tests are diverse (and may even be complex functions themselves)...
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Should exceptions be raised higher up or lower down or both? [closed]
When calling some function in a Python application, the function often calls functions deeper down which again call functions deeper down, etc. It is easy to unknowlingly pass a bad value to the top-...
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