PY3.W0705

Duplicate except

Used when an except catches a type that was already caught by a previous handler.

Noncompliant Code:

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try:
    1 / 0
except ZeroDivisionError:
    pass
except ZeroDivisionError:
    pass

Compliant Code:

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try:
    1 / 0
except ZeroDivisionError:
    pass

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