EmptyExcept.qhelp

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<qhelp>
<overview>
<p>Ignoring exceptions that should be dealt with in some way is almost always a bad idea.
The loss of information can lead to hard to debug errors and incomplete log files.
It is even possible that ignoring an exception can cause a security vulnerability.
An empty <code>except</code> block may be an indication that the programmer intended to
handle the exception but never wrote the code to do so.</p>

</overview>
<recommendation>
<p>Ensure all exceptions are handled correctly.</p>

</recommendation>
<example>
<p>In this example the program keeps running with the same privileges if it fails to drop to lower 
privileges.</p>
<sample src="EmptyExcept.py" />

</example>
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</qhelp>