style: fix bare except Exception clauses (closes #74) by sjhddh · Pull Request #77 · HKUDS/CLI-Anything

sjhddh · 2026-03-15T07:31:31Z

This PR fixes issue #74 by replacing bare except Exception: with except Exception as e: across all harnesses to align with Python best practices and improve debuggability.

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Pull request overview

This PR addresses issue #74 by updating multiple Python harnesses to bind caught Exception instances (except Exception as e:) instead of using bare except Exception: with the stated goal of improving debuggability.

Changes:

Replaced except Exception: with except Exception as e: in several REPL/demo paths.
Updated some auth/login flows to bind exceptions during “best effort” user-info verification.
Updated image-dimension probing fallback to bind exceptions when PIL/image parsing fails.

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zoom/agent-harness/cli_anything/zoom/zoom_cli.py	Binds exceptions in REPL auth status/context lookup paths.
zoom/agent-harness/cli_anything/zoom/core/auth.py	Binds exceptions during user info verification in login flows.
shotcut/agent-harness/workflow_demo.py	Binds exceptions when counting filters in the demo workflow.
obs-studio/agent-harness/cli_anything/obs_studio/obs_studio_cli.py	Binds exceptions while computing project name for REPL prompt.
libreoffice/agent-harness/cli_anything/libreoffice/libreoffice_cli.py	Binds exceptions in REPL prompt helpers (project name / modified flag).
inkscape/agent-harness/cli_anything/inkscape/inkscape_cli.py	Binds exceptions while computing project name for REPL prompt.
gimp/agent-harness/cli_anything/gimp/gimp_cli.py	Binds exceptions in REPL project name lookup.
gimp/agent-harness/cli_anything/gimp/core/layers.py	Binds exceptions during PIL-based image dimension probing fallback.

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zoom/agent-harness/cli_anything/zoom/core/auth.py:141

except Exception as e: binds e but the exception is not used. If the goal is improved debuggability, consider including str(e) in the returned dict (e.g., an error/details field) or logging it; otherwise bind to _ instead.

    except Exception as e:
        return {
            "status": "logged_in",
            "message": "Tokens saved. Could not verify user info.",
        }

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zoom/agent-harness/cli_anything/zoom/core/auth.py

        }
-    except Exception:
+    except Exception as e:
        return {"status": "logged_in", "message": "Tokens saved."}


libreoffice/agent-harness/cli_anything/libreoffice/libreoffice_cli.py

+        except Exception as e:
            return False


inkscape/agent-harness/cli_anything/inkscape/inkscape_cli.py

            if s.has_project():
                return s.project_path or "untitled"
-        except Exception:
+        except Exception as e:


gimp/agent-harness/cli_anything/gimp/gimp_cli.py

                    p = sess.get_project()
                    proj_name = p.get("name", "") if isinstance(p, dict) else ""
-            except Exception:
+            except Exception as e:


zoom/agent-harness/cli_anything/zoom/zoom_cli.py

+    except Exception as e:
        skin.info("Run 'auth setup' to configure OAuth credentials.")


shotcut/agent-harness/workflow_demo.py

                    f = filt_mod.list_filters(session, track["index"], c["clip_index"])
                    filter_count += len(f)
-                except Exception:
+                except Exception as e:


obs-studio/agent-harness/cli_anything/obs_studio/obs_studio_cli.py

                info = proj_mod.get_project_info(sess.get_project())
                return info.get("name", "")
-        except Exception:
+        except Exception as e:


libreoffice/agent-harness/cli_anything/libreoffice/libreoffice_cli.py

+        except Exception as e:
            pass
        return ""


gimp/agent-harness/cli_anything/gimp/core/layers.py

        with Image.open(path) as img:
            w, h = img.size
-    except Exception:
+    except Exception as e:


zoom/agent-harness/cli_anything/zoom/zoom_cli.py

+            except Exception as e:
                context = ""


sehawq · 2026-03-15T14:02:03Z

Only except Exception: -> except Exception as e: changes. If debuggability is the goal, use e in a log: otherwise _ is clearer. No functional changes.

sjhddh · 2026-03-20T21:44:01Z

Thanks for the review. I updated the PR to use e in logger calls where appropriate, and _ where the exception is ignored but we still want to avoid catching BaseException.

sehawq · 2026-03-20T22:07:56Z

LGTM!

sehawq · 2026-03-20T22:10:22Z

There's a merge conflict in gimp/agent-harness/cli_anything/gimp/core/layers.py — likely from #112 being merged after this branch was created. A rebase onto main should resolve it:

git fetch origin
git rebase origin/main
git push --force-with-lease

sjhddh · 2026-03-20T22:27:28Z

@sehawq I've rebased the branch onto main and resolved the conflict in layers.py. Let me know if everything looks good to merge now!

sehawq · 2026-03-20T22:39:45Z

The as e and as _ additions to exception handlers are cosmetic — e is never used and as _ is functionally identical to bare except Exception:. Please revert all exception variable changes back to their original form and resolve the merge conflict on layers.py.

sehawq · 2026-03-20T23:14:58Z

I apologize for the back-and-forth on this issue — Closing — this is the same except Exception: → except Exception as e: change that was already rejected in #75. e is never used anywhere in the codebase.

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style: fix bare except Exception clauses (closes HKUDS#74)

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		skin.info("Run 'auth setup' to configure OAuth credentials.")

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