is parameter an iterable?

Dan Sommers me at privacy.net
Tue Nov 15 21:54:07 EST 2005


On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 13:12:38 +1100,
Steven D'Aprano <steve at REMOVEMEcyber.com.au> wrote:

> try:
>      for item in obj:
>          do_stuff(item)
> except TypeError, msg:
>      if msg == "iteration over non-sequence":
>          handle_non_iterator()
>      else:
>          # re-raise the exception
>          raise

But what it do_stuff tries to iterate over a non-sequence?

Regards,
Dan

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