try语句的可选else子句的预期用途是什么?


当前回答

我已经找到了…Else:在运行数据库查询并将这些查询的结果记录到相同风格/类型的单独数据库的情况下,构造非常有用。假设我有很多工作线程,它们都处理提交给队列的数据库查询

#in a long running loop
try:
    query = queue.get()
    conn = connect_to_db(<main db>)
    curs = conn.cursor()
    try:
        curs.execute("<some query on user input that may fail even if sanitized">)
    except DBError:
        logconn = connect_to_db(<logging db>)
        logcurs = logconn.cursor()
        logcurs.execute("<update in DB log with record of failed query")
        logcurs.close()
        logconn.close()
    else:

        #we can't put this in main try block because an error connecting
        #to the logging DB would be indistinguishable from an error in 
        #the mainquery 

        #We can't put this after the whole try: except: finally: block
        #because then we don't know if the query was successful or not

        logconn = connect_to_db(<logging db>)
        logcurs = logconn.cursor()
        logcurs.execute("<update in DB log with record of successful query")
        logcurs.close()
        logconn.close()
        #do something in response to successful query
except DBError:
    #This DBError is because of a problem with the logging database, but 
    #we can't let that crash the whole thread over what might be a
    #temporary network glitch
finally:
    curs.close()
    conn.close()
    #other cleanup if necessary like telling the queue the task is finished

当然,如果您能够区分可能抛出的异常,则不必使用这种方法,但是如果代码对成功的代码段的响应可能会抛出与成功的代码段相同的异常,并且您不能让第二个可能的异常消失,或者在成功时立即返回(在我的例子中,这会杀死线程),那么这种方法就会派上用场。

其他回答

下面是我喜欢使用这种模式的另一个地方:

 while data in items:
     try
        data = json.loads(data)
     except ValueError as e:
        log error
     else:
        # work on the `data`

else块通常可以用来补充出现在每个except块中的功能。

try:
    test_consistency(valuable_data)
except Except1:
    inconsistency_type = 1
except Except2:
    inconsistency_type = 2
except:
    # Something else is wrong
    raise
else:
    inconsistency_type = 0

"""
Process each individual inconsistency down here instead of
inside the except blocks. Use 0 to mean no inconsistency.
"""

在这种情况下,在每个except块中设置inconsistency_type,以便在无错误情况下在else中补充行为。

当然,我将此描述为某一天可能会出现在您自己的代码中的模式。在这个特定的情况下,您只要在try块之前将inconsistency_type设置为0即可。

else:块令人困惑并且(几乎)毫无用处。它也是for和while语句的一部分。

实际上,即使在if语句中,else:也可能被滥用,造成非常难以发现的错误。

考虑这一点。

   if a < 10:
       # condition stated explicitly
   elif a > 10 and b < 10:
       # condition confusing but at least explicit
   else:
       # Exactly what is true here?
       # Can be hard to reason out what condition is true

三思而后行。这通常是个问题。除非在if语句中,否则避免使用它,即使在if语句中,也要考虑记录else-条件,使其显式。

PEP 380中有一个很好的try-else示例。基本上,它归结为在算法的不同部分做不同的异常处理。

大概是这样的:

try:
    do_init_stuff()
except:
    handle_init_suff_execption()
else:
    try:
        do_middle_stuff()
    except:
        handle_middle_stuff_exception()

这允许您在异常发生的地方编写异常处理代码。

也许它的用法是:

#debug = []

def debuglog(text, obj=None):
    " Simple little logger. "
    try:
        debug   # does global exist?
    except NameError:
        pass    # if not, don't even bother displaying
    except:
        print('Unknown cause. Debug debuglog().')
    else:
        # debug does exist.
        # Now test if you want to log this debug message
        # from caller "obj"
        try:
            if obj in debug:
                print(text)     # stdout
        except TypeError:
            print('The global "debug" flag should be an iterable.')
        except:
            print('Unknown cause. Debug debuglog().')

def myfunc():
    debuglog('Made it to myfunc()', myfunc)

debug = [myfunc,]
myfunc()

也许这对你也有帮助。