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[Robert Kern]

HMS Surprise wrote:
> I read in the ref man that try-except-finally did not work in earlier
> versions, I am using jython 2.2. Does this imply that try-except
> without finally does not work either? I get a syntax error on the else
> below. Some of the functions embedded in the try section try to
> convert strings to ints, etc and may fail on bad data, thus try seemed
> like a good start for a workaround.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> jh
> 
> 
> #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>     def restoreDevice(self, deviceId, closeTime = time()):
> 	self.logon()
> 	try:
> 	    lst = self.getLastUpdatedDevice(deviceId)
> 	    lastUpdated = lst[0]
> 	    incidentId = lst[1]
> 	    print 'L', lastUpdated, 'I', incidentId
> 	    self.restore(incidentId, lastUpdated)
> 	except:
> 	else:
> 	    print "couldn't find incident"

The except: block still needs something in it, even if it is just "pass".

-- 
Robert Kern

"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma
 that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had
 an underlying truth."
  -- Umberto Eco