How to prevent try catching every possible line in python?

Question

I got many lines in a row which may throw an exception, but no matter what, it should still continue the next line. How to do this without individually try catching every si

Answer 1

Apart from the answers provided, I think its worth to note that one-line try-except statements have been proposed - see the related PEP 463 with the unfortunate rejection notice:

""" I want to reject this PEP. I think the proposed syntax is acceptable given the
desired semantics, although it's still a bit jarring. It's probably no worse than the
colon used with lambda (which echoes the colon used in a def just like the colon here
echoes the one in a try/except) and definitely better than the alternatives listed.

But the thing I can't get behind are the motivation and rationale. I don't think that
e.g. dict.get() would be unnecessary once we have except expressions, and I disagree 
with the position that EAFP is better than LBYL, or "generally recommended" by Python. 
(Where do you get that? From the same sources that are so obsessed with DRY they'd rather
introduce a higher-order-function than repeat one line of code? :-)

This is probably the most you can get out of me as far as a pronouncement. Given that
the language summit is coming up I'd be happy to dive deeper in my reasons for rejecting
it there (if there's demand).

I do think that (apart from never explaining those dreadful acronyms :-) this was a 
well-written and well-researched PEP, and I think you've done a great job moderating the 
discussion, collecting objections, reviewing alternatives, and everything else that is 
required to turn a heated debate into a PEP. Well done Chris (and everyone who 
helped), and good luck with your next PEP! """