What is the EAFP principle in Python?

Question

What is meant by \"using the EAFP principle\" in Python? Could you provide any examples?

Answer 1

I call it "optimistic programming". The idea is that most times people will do the right thing, and errors should be few. So code first for the "right thing" to happen, and then catch the errors if they don't.

My feeling is that if a user is going to be making mistakes, they should be the one to suffer the time consequences. People who use the tool the right way are sped through.