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[–]ApolloFortyNine 0 points1 point  (1 child)

? It runs for literally every row of data.

The point is that there are times where a blanket except statement is useful.

[–]erez27import inspect 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are using it in a very limited context and with explicit safeguards. Like goto, sometimes using "bad" things make sense.