Re: Fwd: Should I use "if" or "try" (as a matter of speed)?
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Re: Fwd: Should I use "if" or "try" (as a matter of speed)?

From: Roy Smith <roy@panix.com>
Date: Tue Jul 12 2005 - 22:53:49 CEST



Christopher Subich  <spam.csubich+block@block.subich.spam.com> wrote:


>try:


>    f = file('file_here')


>    do_setup_code


>    do_stuff_with(f)


>except IOError: # File doesn't exist


>    error_handle



It's also a good idea to keep try blocks as small as possible, so you


know exactly where the error happened.  Imagine if do_setup_code or


do_stuff_with(f) unexpectedly threw an IOError for some reason totally


unrelated to the file not existing.


Received on Thu Sep 29 16:54:54 2005