Object-oriented philosophy

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Thu, 06 Sep 2018 22:00:26 +0100, MRAB wrote:

> On 2018-09-06 21:24, Michael F. Stemper wrote:
[...]
>>    try:
>>      P_0s = xmlmodel.findall( 'RatedPower' )[0].text 
>>      self.P_0 = float( P_0s )
>>    except:
[...]

> A word of advice: don't use a "bare" except, i.e. one that doesn't
> specify what exception(s) it should catch.

Excellent advice!

More here:

https://realpython.com/the-most-diabolical-python-antipattern/





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Steven D'Aprano
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