Proper way in Python to raise errors while setting variables
- by ensnare
What is the proper way to do error-checking in a class? Raising exceptions? Setting an instance variable dictionary "errors" that contains all the errors and returning it?
Is it bad to print errors from a class?
Do I have to return False if I'm raising an exception?
Just want to make sure that I'm doing things right. Below is some sample code:
@property
def password(self):
return self._password
@password.setter
def password(self,password):
# Check that password has been completed
try:
# Check that password has a length of 6 characters
if (len(password) < 6):
raise NameError('Your password must be greater \
than 6 characters')
except NameError:
print 'Please choose a password'
return False
except TypeError:
print 'Please choose a password'
return False
#Set the password
self._password = password
#Encrypt the password
password_md5 = md5.new()
password_md5.update(password)
self._password_md5 = password_md5.hexdigest()
