I don't get why sys.exit(1) doesn't exit the while loop in the follow case

[Terry Reedy]

On 10/4/2010 10:38 PM, chad wrote:
> Given the following..
>
> #!/usr/bin/python
>
> import urllib2
> import sys
> import time
>
> while 1:
>      try:
>          con = urllib2.urlopen("http://www.google.com")
>          data = con.read()
>          print "connected"
>          #The loop doesn't exit if I use sys.exit(1)

Guess how sys.exit is implemented (or check the fine library manual 
chapter on the sys module, .exit entry, 2nd sentence).

>          break
>      except:

and guess what this does, and why bare excepts are not recommended 
unless you mean what you say...

>          time.sleep(2)

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy