Dmitry Vasiliev wrote at 2006-5-23 17:06 +0400: > ... >PEP-3100 suggest "just call the object and catch the exception" instead of use >"callable()". So maybe we can write: > >try: > ob() >except: > pass >return ob > >Unfortunately exceptions still will be masked. Yes, and therefore *NEVER* do this. -- Dieter