[Python-Dev] cpython (3.2): Issue12510: Attempting to get invalid tooltip no longer closes Idle.

Tue May 29 04:59:50 CEST 2012

On 5/28/2012 9:48 PM, Brian Curtin wrote:
 > On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 8:44 PM, Terry Reedy<tjreedy at udel.edu> wrote:
snipped context: return eval(user_entered_expression, namespace)
 >>>> + except:
 >>>> return None
 >>>
 >>>
 >>> "except Exception" may be better here.
 >>
 >>
 >> Idle's Shell catches all exceptions. I think the attempt to provide an
 >> optional help (a function signature) should too.
 >
 > Can you explain what this means?
What what means? I am not sure what you are asking.
The issue might help http://bugs.python.org/issue12510
 > You should probably not have a bare except
Idle code already has many of them Some perhaps should not be, but I 
cannot tell with my current level of understanding of how Idle works.
Would you prefer 'except BaseException:' ?
 > I'm not sure what IDLE has to do with it.
This is a patch to Idle.
tjr