[Python-ideas] except expression

[Amber Yust]

The last part of that ("as e e.args[0]") is a pain to read due to no clear
separation, just whitespace.

On Thu Feb 13 2014 at 2:00:00 PM, Zachary Ware <
zachary.ware+pyideas at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 12:43 PM, Amber Yust <amber.yust at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Actually. What if we just reused 'try'?
> >
> >     foo = bar() except BazException try 'qux'
> >
> > This also leads naturally to chaining multiple possible fallbacks:
> >
> >     foo = bar() except BarException try baz() except BazException try
> None
>
> This is my favorite so far, followed by s/try/return/.  I agree with
> Nathan Schneider though, it does seem odd to have "try" following
> "except" rather than the other way around.
>
> What about just allowing simple try...except constructs to be
> condensed to a single line?
>
>    foo = try bar() except BarException as e e.args[0]
>
> --
> Zach
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