On 22 February 2014 00:37, Eli Bendersky <eli...@gmail.com> wrote: > This goes against anything I understand about how exceptions should and > should not be used.
I think you're thinking of a language that isn't Python - we use exceptions for control flow all over the place (it's how hasattr() is *defined*, for example). Cheers, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan | ncogh...@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
