Apr 22, 2013 · In the Python world, using exceptions for flow control is common and normal. -- I think it's worth drawing a distinction between "the Python world" and "the CPython core devs …

It's perfectly OK (and "pythonic") to use try/except for flow control, but it makes sense most when Exception s are actually exceptional. From the Python docs: EAFP Easier to ask for …

The best way to handle exceptions in python is to write a function that catches and returns them? Seriously? The pythonic way to handle exceptions is to use a try...except statement.

Sep 4, 2010 · That's the benefit of the with statement, much more than saving you three lines of code in this particular instance. And yes, the way you've combined with and try-except is pretty …

Feb 22, 2009 · try: do_something() except Exception: sys.exc_clear() This clears the last thrown exception. Python 3 In Python 3, the variable that holds the exception instance gets deleted on …

As of Python 3.11 you can take advantage of the except* clause that is used to handle multiple exceptions. PEP-654 introduced a new standard exception type called ExceptionGroup that …

If try-except-finally is nested inside a finally block, the result from "child" finally is preserved. I have not found an official explanation yet, but the following code snippet shows this behavior in …

In Python, is it possible to have multiple except statements for one try statement? Such as: try: #something1 #something2 except ExceptionType1: #return xyz except ExceptionType2: #...

The answers to this question should probably be updated to include usage of the pathlib module, which makes this problem a lot easier, and should probably be standard Python practice …

May 28, 2020 · The Exception class is the superclass of every single built-in exception in the Python environment that are non-system-exiting (read here) and its generally a bad practice to …