PY3.W0703

Broad except

Used when an except catches a too general exception, possibly burying unrelated errors.

Noncompliant Code:

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try:
    1 / 0
except Exception:
    pass

Compliant Code:

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try:
    1 / 0
except ZeroDivisionError:
    pass

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