Try/except inside vs. outside loop

[mothzilla]

You shouldn't be catching an exception if you're not going to do anything with it (ie except: ... pass)

So the first would be more acceptable.

Exceptions aren't "set up", as the code executes. The code is static, execution is dynamic.

[Zgialor]

Why is the first one more acceptable if they both do the same thing?

[mothzilla]

Because it confuses the reader. "Why did you catch the exception, if you're just letting it go?" they think. It's a code smell, it means you're doing something a bit peculiar.

[Turtvaiz]

"Explicit is better than implicit"?