In article <mailman.143.1291301807.2649.python-l...@python.org>, Harishankar <v.harishan...@gmail.com> wrote: > >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.
Please demonstrate that using ``if`` blocks for True/False is impler and cleaner than using ``try`` blocks to handle exceptions. -- Aahz (a...@pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "Think of it as evolution in action." --Tony Rand -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
