__init__ method and raising exceptions

[Vikram]

> I can't use 'break' or 'continue' in a class method, nor can I return a
> boolean value from __init__() to check for errors within the for-loop.
> How would I be able to stop the current iteration and continue with the
> next after reporting an error?

maybe i don't fully understand your qn but why don't you let __init__ of
your class raise an exception and then catch it in the outer for loop and
continue. something like:

for i in ...
  try:
    foo()
  except:
    continue

			Vikram