Python Try-Except inside of Function

Question

I\'ve got a pretty good understanding of python\'s try-except clause, but I\'m encountering problems when trying to put it inside of a function.

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Answer 1

The name error is happening before it ever gets into tryAppend. It evaluates the value of foo when trying to pass it to the function. This works:

def tryAppend(child, parent):
    parent.append(child)

var1 = []
try:
    tryAppend(foo, var1)
except NameError:
    print 'WRONG NAME'