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Closes #14306: clarify expensiveness of try-except and update code snippet

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Georg Brandl 2012-03-17 16:58:05 +01:00
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@ -297,8 +297,9 @@ use the ``join()`` function from the string module, which allows you to write ::
How fast are exceptions?
------------------------
A try/except block is extremely efficient. Actually catching an exception is
expensive. In versions of Python prior to 2.0 it was common to use this idiom::
A try/except block is extremely efficient if no exceptions are raised. Actually
catching an exception is expensive. In versions of Python prior to 2.0 it was
common to use this idiom::
try:
value = mydict[key]
@ -309,11 +310,10 @@ expensive. In versions of Python prior to 2.0 it was common to use this idiom::
This only made sense when you expected the dict to have the key almost all the
time. If that wasn't the case, you coded it like this::
if mydict.has_key(key):
if key in mydict:
value = mydict[key]
else:
mydict[key] = getvalue(key)
value = mydict[key]
value = mydict[key] = getvalue(key)
.. note::