[Python-bugs-list] Blank except block fails in try statement (PR#60)

[wolfeman@apple.com]

Full_Name: Dan Wolfe
Version: 1.5.2/1.5.2b1
OS: Linux/MacOS
Submission from: a17-202-21-249.apple.com (17.202.21.249)


I ran into a situation with the try statement which I'm not sure is a bug or a
limitation that needs to be documented. When you have an empty except: block in
a try statement, both MacPython 1.5.2b1 and Linux Python 1.5.2 report that you
have invalid syntax.

The simplest form that recreates the error is:

try:
    print "this is a test"
    raise(error)
except:
    ### do nothing!
else:
    print "pleasent dreams"

The easiest way to fix this is by adding a single line to the empty exception
block:

except:
    ### do nothing!
    print "Dammit Spock, this is not logical!"