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Keep-trying-until-it-works

Name: Anonymous 2011-04-23 0:42

Due to lack of gotos, this is the shortest way I can come up with to tell python to keep doing something until it actually works (in my case, loading a webpage) is this:

tempvar = 1
while tempvar == 1:
    try:
        <stuff that will either work or cause an exception>
        tempvar = 0
    except:
        pass


in c++ i could just

lbl: try{stuff} catch {goto lbl;}

better way?

Name: Anonymous 2011-04-23 5:44

>>16
It's a script to gather data that's going to have to run for days.  Whether it crashes or hangs forever trying to continuously reload a page doesn't really make a difference.  At least if it keeps trying there's a chance it'll come back to life.

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