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 by: dn - Sat, 14 May 2022 05:05 UTC

On 14/05/2022 04.37, bryangan41 wrote:
> Is the following LBYL:foo = 123if foo < 200:    do()

Yes (once formatted for Python).

If so, how to change to EAFP?

Not sure if can. Let's alter the code to:

foo = 0

#and

def do():
return 5 / foo

Then, you will expect a ZeroDivisionError exception to be raised -
whereas with other values, there will (likely) be no problem.

Now, we have a clear identification for when 'forgiveness' will need to
be requested! The 'EAFP' solution encloses the function-call:

foo = 123
try:
do()
except ZeroDivisionError:
undo()

In the OP's code-snippet, the "200" criteria means there is no such
clean-cut and automatic 'failure' attached to, or implied by, foo's
value. However, we could define a custom-exception and 'raise the alarm'
when 'forgiveness' is required:

class ValueTooLargeError( ValueError):
"""Catch values larger than the valid range."""

def do():
if foo < 200:
...
else:
raise ValueTooLargeError

This is a pythonic-construct (and thus a recommendable coding-pattern),
in that the calling-routine can decide how to respond to the exception -
which many vary according to the specifics of do()'s re-use.

However, is it "EAFP"? We had to introduce the exact if-condition which
makes it "LBYL"!

Perhaps time for me to bow-out, and leave such to the philosophers...

Sent from Samsung tablet.

There are pills for that...
--
Regards,
=dn

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