Handle specific exception type in python

Question

I have some code that handles an exception, and I want to do something specific only if it\'s a specific exception, and only in debug mode. So for example:

try:
         


        

Answer 1

Well, really, you probably should keep the handler for KeyboardInterrupt separated. Why would you only want to handle keyboard interrupts in debug mode, but swallow them otherwise?

That said, you can use isinstance to check the type of an object:

try:
    stuff()
except Exception as e:
    if _debug and isinstance(e, KeyboardInterrupt):
        sys.exit()
    logger.exception("Normal handling")