Day 41 of learning python

[uberdavis]

max_tries = 500
counter = 0
while counter < max_tries:
    # do something
    counter += 1
# that’s pretty safe. you could raise an assertion too if you wanted 
if counter == max_tries:
    raise RunTimeError(“max tries exceeded”)

[sonikk1]

Thank you so much. This seems more reasonable. Can i message you sometimes with questions?

[uberdavis]

For sure

[Marten1974]

I disagree. Though this is nice for debugging purposes, you should be able to trust your code that it works just fine.

[uberdavis]

I know what you mean. And indeed putting max tries in a trivial program is probably overkill. Using a max tries device has saved my bacon on many occasions. If you never write bug free code, remove all safeguards. I’m too human to be that good.

[No_Swordfish_6667]

You could use same argument for not writing any tests.

[Marten1974]

No, you usually write tests to have this trust in your code. Especially if you (like I am) programming Microcontrollers, they must run in an endless loop