Handling errors in python

Question

I'm writing a small parser class for a personal project. The class will essentially parse popular playlist files and return useful information.

Since the class will interact with files, I'm not sure about the best way to handle errors. I'm a Linux guy and generally do things in errno fashion but I'm wondering that whether exceptions are a better selection or not.

In short what's the best way to handle these things in python world?

Thanks in advance.

There are some file i/o related examples in the python docs on handling exceptions — Shawn Chin
– Shawn Chin, Commented Nov 8, 2011 at 13:42

xubuntix · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-08 15:48:54Z

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You want to use exceptions. And if you are using python 2.7, you want to use the with statement.

There is a good tutorial in the standard python documentation , but there are tons of other recources: wikibooks, dive into python, articles in blogs.

answered Nov 8, 2011 at 15:48

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bayindirh Over a year ago

Thanks, that answers my question pretty much.

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