[FIXED] How to properly ignore exceptions

Issue

When you just want to do a try-except without handling the exception, how do you do it in Python?

Is the following the right way to do it?

try:
    shutil.rmtree(path)
except:
    pass

Solution

try:
    doSomething()
except Exception: 
    pass

or

try:
    doSomething()
except: 
    pass

The difference is that the second one will also catch KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit and stuff like that, which are derived directly from BaseException, not Exception.

See documentation for details:

• try statement
• exceptions

However, it is generally bad practice to catch every error - see Why is "except: pass" a bad programming practice?

Answered By - vartec

Answer Checked By - Marie Seifert (PHPFixing Admin)