Unguarded next inside generator PTC-W0063
Bug risk
Critical
5 months ago
—
3 years old
Call to
next() should be wrapped in try-except197 get_or_create(
198 EventSubTopic,
199 name=subtopic,
200 event_topic_id=next(x for x in eventopics if x.name == keysub_topic).id,201 )
202
203
Description
Calls to next() should be inside try-except block.
When the iterator is exhausted, StopIteration exception is raised. When used inside a generator, this can cause unexpected behavior. If not handled, it will propagate out of the generator causing termination. PEP-479 has been accepted to fix this problem. It will modify the behavior of StopIteration in generators.
Each call to next() should be wrapped in a try-except block to explicitly handle StopIteration exceptions.
Bad practice
def get_team_structure(team):
for team in class:
students = iter(team)
# StopIteration exception will be raised if team doesn't have members.
leader = next(students)
members = [m for m in students]
yield leader, members
def print_teams(teams):
for leader, members in get_team_structure(teams):
print("Leader: "leader)
for member in members:
print(member)
Recommended:
def get_team_structure(team):
for team in class:
# StopIteration exception will be raised if team has no members.
students = iter(team)
# Added `try` block, to guard against the exception
try:
leader = next(students)
except StopIteration:
# team has no members, skip it
continue
members = [m for m in students]
yield leader, members
def print_teams(teams):
for leader, members in get_team_structure(teams):
print("Leader: "leader)
for member in members:
print(member)
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