On Thu, 02 Dec 2010 08:44:11 -0600, Tim Chase wrote: > On 12/02/2010 08:18 AM, Harishankar wrote: >> Here I'm using it to compare the result of a function where I >> specifically return False on error condition, > > This sounds exactly like the reason to use exceptions...you have an > exceptional error condition. > > -tkc
There are some reasons why I hate exceptions but that is a different topic. However, in short I can say that personally: 1. I hate try blocks which add complexity to the code when none is needed. Try blocks make code much more unreadable in my view and I use it only for the built-in exceptions when absolutely needed. 2. I prefer the less irksome True or False to do error checking. Exceptions seem too heavyweight for simple problems. 3. Philosophically I think exception handling is the wrong approach to error management. I have never grown up programming with exceptions in C and I couldn't pick up the habit with python either. Did I mention that I detest try blocks? try blocks seem ugly and destroy code clarity at least in my view. And enclosing single statements under separate try blocks seem to add a lot of clutter. -- Harishankar (http://harishankar.org http://lawstudentscommunity.com) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
