try-except-else question in Sage Cloud cell

[c. e. larson]

the "else" in the following code raises a "syntax" error when run in a Sage Cloud cell:

try:

    print "try now"

except:

    print "some exception"

else:

    print "made it to else"

*but* it runs normally if the code is in a function definition or even a junk for loop, like:

for i in [0]:

    try:

        print "try now"

    except:

        print "some exception"

    else:

        print "made it to else"

is this a bug, or is there some other reason to explain the difference in behavior?

thanks,

craig

[Harald Schilly]

On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 8:16 PM, c. e. larson <mat...@gmail.com> wrote:
> is this a bug, or is there some other reason to explain the difference in
> behavior?

yes, it's a bug! cells are split up into smaller execution blocks, but
obviously shouldn't be split in that case.

very similar is the for-else construction, which should work, though.
I think I tested the try-else back then, too, but I don't remember :-(

-- harald

[Hal Snyder]

This was smc issue #694, closed today. Tested with for-else, too.