try: Handles exceptions
The 'try' tag allows exception handling in DTML, mirroring the
Python 'try/except' and 'try/finally' constructs.
Syntax
The 'try' tag has two different syntaxes, 'try/except/else' and
'try/finally'.
'try/except/else' Syntax::
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The 'try' tag encloses a block in which exceptions can be caught and
handled. There can be one or more 'except' tags that handles
zero or more exceptions. If an 'except' tag does not specify an
exception, then it handles all exceptions.
When an exception is raised, control jumps to the first 'except'
tag that handles the exception. If there is no 'except' tag to
handle the exception, then the exception is raised normally.
If no exception is raised, and there is an 'else' tag, then the
'else' tag will be executed after the body of the 'try' tag.
The 'except' and 'else' tags are optional.
'try/finally' Syntax::
The 'finally' tag cannot be used in the same 'try' block as the
'except' and 'else' tags. If there is a 'finally' tag, its block
will be executed whether or not an exception is raised in the
'try' block.
Attributes
except -- Zero or more exception names. If no exceptions are
listed then the except tag will handle all exceptions.
Tag Variables
Inside the 'except' block these variables
are defined.
error_type -- The exception type.
error_value -- The exception value.
error_tb -- The traceback.
Examples
Catching a math error::
You tried to divide by zero.
Returning information about the handled exception::
An error occurred.
Error type:
Error value:
Using finally to make sure to perform clean up regardless
of whether an error is raised or not::
See Also
"raise tag":dtml-raise.stx
"Python Tutorial: Errors and
Exceptions":http://www.python.org/doc/current/tut/node10.html
"Python Built-in
Exceptions":http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-exceptions.html