.. title: Bad code: Part 1
.. slug: badcode
.. date: 2008-09-30 13:20:29
.. tags: dev, python

<p>
  If you're writing code like this:
</p>
<pre class="code">
try:
   foo = somevar.getBlah()["xyz"].split(".")[-1].decode("ascii", "replace")
except:
   pass
</pre>
<p>
  Please stop!  You're killing the rain forest!
</p>