Answer 1

Well, re.compile certainly may:

>>> import re
>>> re.compile('he(lo')
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "C:\Python25\lib\re.py", line 180, in compile
    return _compile(pattern, flags)
  File "C:\Python25\lib\re.py", line 233, in _compile
    raise error, v # invalid expression
sre_constants.error: unbalanced parenthesis

The documentation does support this, in a roundabout way - check the bottom of the "Module Contents" page for (brief) description of the error exception.

Unfortunately, I don't have any answer to the general question. I suppose the documentation for the various modules varies in quality and thoroughness. If there were particular modules you were interested in, you might be able to decompile them (if written in Python) or even look at the source, if they're in the standard library.

Answered by: Ted853 | Posted: 01-03-2022

Answer 2

Unlike Java, where there are exceptions that must be declared to be raised (and some that don't have to be, but that's another story), any Python code may raise any exception at any time.

There are a list of built-in exceptions, which generally has some description of when these exceptions might be raised. Its up to you as to how much exception handling you will do, and if you will handle stuff gracefully, or just fail with a traceback.

Answered by: Sawyer511 | Posted: 01-03-2022

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