[Python-Dev] suggestion for try/except program flow

[Nick Coghlan]

Hrvoje Niksic wrote:
> How about:
> 
> try:
>     ... code that can raise Thing or another exception ...
> except Exception, e:
>     if isinstance(e, Thing):
>         # handle thing
>     # generic exception handling

That is indeed the idiomatic way of handling the original poster's use
case without nesting a second try block.

Any proposals for new dedicated syntax should probably go to
python-ideas rather than here though. (It's a rare enough use case that
I don't like the original poster's chances of getting much support for
changes though)

Cheers,
Nick.

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