How to improve code clarity in nested try-except-else clauses?

Question

Sometimes I have a cascade of different things I can try to accomplish a task, e. g. If I need to get a record I can first try to find the record, and if this fails, I can c

Answer 1

You could break that into multiple functions ?

def handle_missing():
    try:
        record = create_record()
    except CreateFailed:
        record = tape
        logger.info("Using a tape now")
    else:
        logger.info("Created a new record")
    return record


def get_record():
    try:
        record = find_record()
    except NoSuchRecord:
        record = handle_missing()
    else:
        logger.info("Record found")
    return record

And then you'd use it like,

record = get_record()