一种用法:测试一些应该引发异常的代码。

try:
    this_should_raise_TypeError()
except TypeError:
    pass
except:
    assert False, "Raised the wrong exception type"
else:
    assert False, "Didn't raise any exception"

(在实践中，这段代码应该被抽象为更通用的测试。)

我发现它非常有用，当你有清理工作要做，即使有例外:

try:
    data = something_that_can_go_wrong()
except Exception as e: # yes, I know that's a bad way to do it...
    handle_exception(e)
else:
    do_stuff(data)
finally:
    clean_up()

Try-except-else非常适合结合EAFP模式和duck-typing:

try:
  cs = x.cleanupSet
except AttributeError:
  pass
else:
  for v in cs:
    v.cleanup()

您可能认为naïve代码是好的:

try:
  for v in x.cleanupSet:
    v.clenaup()
except AttributeError:
  pass

这是在代码中意外隐藏严重错误的好方法。我在那里输入了清理，但是让我知道的AttributeError正在被吞噬。更糟糕的是，如果我写对了，但清理方法偶尔被传递一个具有错误命名属性的用户类型，导致它在中途无声地失败并留下一个未关闭的文件，会怎样?祝你在调试时好运。

Python try-else try语句的可选else子句的预期用途是什么?

其预期用途是，如果没有预期要处理的异常，则为运行更多代码提供上下文。

这个上下文避免意外处理您没有预料到的错误。

但是理解导致else子句运行的确切条件非常重要，因为return、continue和break可以中断到else的控制流。

总之

如果没有异常，并且没有被return、continue或break语句中断，else语句将运行。

其他答案忽略了最后一部分。

从文档中可以看出:

类型的控件流出时，执行可选的else子句 try子句结束

(粗体)。脚注写道:

*目前，控制“从末端流出”，除非在 异常或return、continue或break语句的执行。

它至少需要一个except子句(参见语法)。所以它实际上不是“try-else”，而是“try-except-else(-finally)”，其中else(和finally)是可选的。

Python教程详细说明了预期的用法:

The try ... except statement has an optional else clause, which, when present, must follow all except clauses. It is useful for code that must be executed if the try clause does not raise an exception. For example: for arg in sys.argv[1:]: try: f = open(arg, 'r') except IOError: print 'cannot open', arg else: print arg, 'has', len(f.readlines()), 'lines' f.close() The use of the else clause is better than adding additional code to the try clause because it avoids accidentally catching an exception that wasn’t raised by the code being protected by the try ... except statement.

示例区分else和try块后面的代码

如果处理错误，else块将不会运行。例如:

def handle_error():
    try:
        raise RuntimeError('oops!')
    except RuntimeError as error:
        print('handled a RuntimeError, no big deal.')
    else:
        print('if this prints, we had no error!') # won't print!
    print('And now we have left the try block!')  # will print!

现在,

>>> handle_error()
handled a RuntimeError, no big deal.
And now we have left the try block!

我将添加另一个用例，在处理DB会话时看起来很直接:

    # getting a DB connection 
    conn = db.engine.connect()

    # and binding to a DB session
    session = db.get_session(bind=conn)

    try:
        # we build the query to DB
        q = session.query(MyTable).filter(MyTable.col1 == 'query_val')

        # i.e retrieve one row
        data_set = q.one_or_none()

        # return results
        return [{'col1': data_set.col1, 'col2': data_set.col2, ...}]

    except:
        # here we make sure to rollback the transaction, 
        # handy when we update stuff into DB
        session.rollback()
        raise

    else:
        # when no errors then we can commit DB changes
        session.commit()

    finally:
        # and finally we can close the session
        session.close()

我发现其他有用的处理可能不正确的配置文件:

try:
    value, unit = cfg['lock'].split()
except ValueError:
    msg = 'lock monitoring config must consist of two words separated by white space'
    self.log('warn', msg)
else:
     # get on with lock monitoring if config is ok

读取锁配置的异常禁用锁监控，ValueErrors记录有用的警告消息。