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authorThibaut Horel <thibaut.horel@gmail.com>2013-01-22 09:35:23 +0100
committerThibaut Horel <thibaut.horel@gmail.com>2013-01-22 09:35:23 +0100
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@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ programming style by handling errors *as they appear* instead of making test
In Python, every time you are trying to execute an illegal operation (*e. g.*
trying to access an element outside a list's boundaries, dividing by zero,
etc.) instead of simply crashing the program, Python raises an exception which
-can be caught, givng the programmer a last chance to fix the problem before the
+can be caught, giving the programmer a last chance to fix the problem before the
program ultimately crashes.
The syntax to catch exceptions in Python is the following:
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ The syntax to catch exceptions in Python is the following:
For example, if a line of code contains a division by a number which could
seldom be equal to zero, instead of systematically checking that the number
is non zero, it is much more efficient to encapsulate the line within a ``try
-... except ZeroDivisionErro:`` to handle specifically the rare cases when the
+... except ZeroDivisionError:`` to handle specifically the rare cases when the
number will be zero. This is the well-known principle: *better ask for
absolution than permission*.
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ For example, let us define the following function:
When called, this function will produce an iterable object. When iterating
over this object, at each iteration, one line of ``filename`` will be read,
-and the minimum and maximum value of this line will be returned when the
+and the minimum and maximum values of this line will be returned when the
``yield`` keyword is reached, freezing the execution of the function until
the next iteration.