__init__ method and raising exceptions

[Scott David Daniels]

Vikram wrote:
>>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:
     except (ValueError, TypeError), error:
>     continue

Use something like the above, (always expect certain kinds of errors)
lest you accidentally capture an real attempt to stop the program
such as the exception a Control-C causes.

-Scott David Daniels
Scott.Daniels at Acm.Org