converting a nested try/except statement into try/except/else

[Slawomir Nowaczyk]

On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 14:32:49 +0000 (GMT)
John Salerno <johnjsal at NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:

#> Bruno Desthuilliers wrote:
#> 
#> >      try:
#> >          if int(text) <= 0: raise ValueError
#> 
#> Hmm, I'm actually not so sure about this line now. It doesn't seem right 
#> to raise a ValueError when the result of the expression is negative, 
#> because even though it's a problem for my program, it isn't really a 
#> "ValueError," right?

Well, you could always do something like
   try:
      int("-"+text)
Now, this *will* be a real ValueError for negative integers ;-) ;-) ;-)

But no, I am not suggesting that... especially since "-0" is valid.

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   Slawomir Nowaczyk
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