Re: [Jython-dev] Exception Handling difference between CPython and Jython

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[Kevin Dangoor]

>We took a quick glance at CPython yesterday, and it didn't look like it was
>doing anything special to handle this. 

I guess it happens here in CPython:

> http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/python/python/dist/src/Objects/classobject.c?annotate=2.143#1559

>The exception basically seemed to
>just disappear. It would be a simple patch to just make the __nonzero__
>function toss out any exception that occurs when searching the Python
>classes for __nonzero__. But is that the "right" way?

I think it is. Normally it is very bad to silently ignore exceptions,
but since __nonzero__ already have __len__ as fallback, it may be the
right think to do here.

In any case, please submit a bug report about it to the SF bug tracker.

regards,
finn