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ID: python-best-practices/no-base-exception

Language: Python

Severity: Notice

Category: Best Practices

Description

Do not raise Exception and BaseException. These are too generic. Having generic exceptions makes it difficult to differentiate errors in a program. Use a specific exception, for example, ValueError, or create your own instead of using generic ones.

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• Stop using raise Exception

Non-Compliant Code Examples

if foo:
	raise Exception("bla")
elif bar:
	raise Exception
else:
	raise Exception

def use_base_exception():
	raise Exception
	raise Exception("awesome")

for v in list:
	raise BaseException

Compliant Code Examples

if foo:
	print("bar")
else:
	raise ValueError