[Python-ideas] except expression

[Greg Ewing]

Rob Cliffe wrote:
> 
> On 17/02/2014 22:26, Greg Ewing wrote:
> 
>>    menu.remove(mint) except ValueError: pass
> 
> I'm starting to like it,  although it introduces an inconsistency 
> between expressions whose values are used and those whose values are not 
> used.

If it helps, you could think of this form of the syntax
as a statement rather than an expression. It's an
abbreviation for

    try:
       menu.remove(mint)
    except ValueError:
       pass

which you wouldn't otherwise be able to write on one line.

-- 
Greg