linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] selftests/tpm2: Change exception handling to be Python 3 compatible

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Date:   Mon, 13 Apr 2020 07:02:20 +0200
From:   Ezra Buehler <ezra@...yb.ch>
To:     Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org,
        Tadeusz Struk <tadeusz.struk@...el.com>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] selftests/tpm2: Change exception handling to be Python 3
 compatible

Hi Jarkko,

On 12 Apr 2020, at 19:07, Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> 
> On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 05:02:27PM +0200, Ezra Buehler wrote:
>> Hi Jarkkon,
>> 
>>> On 12 Apr 2020, at 16:36, Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
>>> +        except ProtocolError(e):
>> 
>> Should this not be
>> 
>>        except ProtocolError as e:
> 
> Unless there is a functional difference, does it matter?
> 
> /Jarkko

Well, your patch confuses me a lot. It looks to me like you are passing
the undefined `e` variable to the constructor.

When I run flake8 on it I get following error (among others):

    F821 undefined name 'e'

What I suggested is the standard syntax:
https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/errors.html

Did you test this? You should get an error as soon as an exception
occurs.

Cheers,
Ezra.