Exception Handling Practices / Patterns

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Sat, 24 Aug 2013 15:57:55 -0400, Terry Reedy wrote:

>> # Worst
>> except:
>>
>> Don't use the last one, except maybe in the interactive interpreter,
> 
> Stick with never. "except:" means the same thing as "except
> BaseException:", except that the latter indicates a deliberate choice
> rather than an indication of carelessness or laziness.
> 
> A bare except: is a disservice to the next maintainer of the code.

Do you know anyone who maintains code typed in the interactive 
interpreter?

:-)



-- 
Steven