1 or 1/0 doesn't raise an exception

[Mel]

Daniel Fetchinson wrote:
[ ... ]
> Let me just point out that unsuspecting people (like me) might rely on
> the whole expression to be evaluated and rely on exceptions being
> raised if needed.

There are a lot of threads on comp.lang.python that mention beginners'
possible reactions to language features, so I'll mention this paper
relating to teaching programming:

<http://www.cs.mdx.ac.uk/research/PhDArea/saeed/>. 
 
The early draft which I've read,

<http://www.cs.mdx.ac.uk/research/PhDArea/saeed/paper1.pdf>,

references quite a lot of literature on what new programmers do, discusses a
new test for programming aptitude.

        Mel.