Comments on: Python – How to Catch sys.exit() http://www.answermysearches.com/python-how-to-catch-sysexit/316/ Answers to everything I search for, every day Tue, 22 Nov 2011 08:57:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Jim http://www.answermysearches.com/python-how-to-catch-sysexit/316/comment-page-1/#comment-36461 Jim Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:23:24 +0000 http://www.answermysearches.com/python-how-to-catch-sysexit/316/#comment-36461 Nope, if you really want to catch all exceptions, you also have to remember that you can raise *strings* as exceptions too. Nope, if you really want to catch all exceptions, you also have to remember that you can raise *strings* as exceptions too.

]]> By: Greg Pinero (Primary Searcher) http://www.answermysearches.com/python-how-to-catch-sysexit/316/comment-page-1/#comment-36228 Greg Pinero (Primary Searcher) Thu, 01 Nov 2007 16:46:05 +0000 http://www.answermysearches.com/python-how-to-catch-sysexit/316/#comment-36228 Thanks, so I guess I want BaseException. Good to know. Thanks, so I guess I want BaseException. Good to know.

]]> By: Chris http://www.answermysearches.com/python-how-to-catch-sysexit/316/comment-page-1/#comment-36166 Chris Thu, 01 Nov 2007 08:27:43 +0000 http://www.answermysearches.com/python-how-to-catch-sysexit/316/#comment-36166 As sri said, if you really want to catch all exceptions in Python 2.5, use BaseException instead of Exception. As sri said, if you really want to catch all exceptions in Python 2.5, use BaseException instead of Exception.

]]> By: sri http://www.answermysearches.com/python-how-to-catch-sysexit/316/comment-page-1/#comment-36159 sri Thu, 01 Nov 2007 04:19:14 +0000 http://www.answermysearches.com/python-how-to-catch-sysexit/316/#comment-36159 I'm assuming that you're using Python 2.5. Check out this page: http://docs.python.org/whatsnew/pep-352.html KeyboardInterrupt is the other exception that won't be caught by your 'except Exception:' clause. I’m assuming that you’re using Python 2.5.
Check out this page:
http://docs.python.org/whatsnew/pep-352.html

KeyboardInterrupt is the other exception
that won’t be caught by your
‘except Exception:’ clause.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.answermysearches.com/python-how-to-catch-sysexit/316/comment-page-1/#comment-36157 Anonymous Thu, 01 Nov 2007 03:49:23 +0000 http://www.answermysearches.com/python-how-to-catch-sysexit/316/#comment-36157 Is there some reason you're not just doing: <code> try: sys.exit() except: print 'hi' <code>? This annoys pylint, but AFAIK it's the only guaranteed way to catch all exceptions. (Runtime exceptions are supposed to extend the Exception base class, but not all code does it. pyserial, I'm looking at you.) Is there some reason you’re not just doing:


try:
sys.exit()
except:
print 'hi'
?

This annoys pylint, but AFAIK it's the only guaranteed way to catch all exceptions. (Runtime exceptions are supposed to extend the Exception base class, but not all code does it. pyserial, I'm looking at you.)

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