Please translate this easy snip of C++ to Python

[Erik Max Francis]

Jay O'Connor wrote:

> Rainer Deyke wrote:
> 
> > Better make that 'except None'.  Unqualified 'except' clauses are
> > generally
> > a bad idea.  In this case, you really don't want to
> > catch...'ComputerExplodingError'.
> 
> I hadn't seen that exception raised yet....is it new?  What do you
> usually do to handle it?

Right past you.

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