It is easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission
In programming, it refers to a practice of performing a possibly illegal operation without checking first whether this operation would succeed, and then handling the possible error, instead of checking ahead of time. This reduces the risk of
time of check to time of use errors. In particular, this practice is encouraged in the
Python programming language.
European Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery (EAFPS); See
Alexander Berghaus
Topics referred to by the same term
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disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title EAFP. If an
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It is easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission
In programming, it refers to a practice of performing a possibly illegal operation without checking first whether this operation would succeed, and then handling the possible error, instead of checking ahead of time. This reduces the risk of
time of check to time of use errors. In particular, this practice is encouraged in the
Python programming language.
European Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery (EAFPS); See
Alexander Berghaus
Topics referred to by the same term
This
disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title EAFP. If an
internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.