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Python error handling patterns including input validation, exception hierarchies, and partial failure handling. Use when implementing validation logic, designing exception strategies, handling batch processing failures, or building robust APIs.
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# Python Error Handling
Build robust Python applications with proper input validation, meaningful exceptions, and graceful failure handling. Good error handling makes debugging easier and systems more reliable.
## When to Use This Skill
- Validating user input and API parameters
- Designing exception hierarchies for applications
- Handling partial failures in batch operations
- Converting external data to domain types
- Building user-friendly error messages
- Implementing fail-fast validation patterns
## Core Concepts
### 1. Fail Fast
Validate inputs early, before expensive operations. Report all validation errors at once when possible.
### 2. Meaningful Exceptions
Use appropriate exception types with context. Messages should explain what failed, why, and how to fix it.
### 3. Partial Failures
In batch operations, don't let one failure abort everything. Track successes and failures separately.
### 4. Preserve Context
Chain exceptions to maintain the full error trail for debugging.
## Quick Start
```python
def fetch_page(url: str, page_size: int) -> Page:
if not url:
raise ValueError("'url' is required")
if not 1 <= page_size <= 100:
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Source
dicklesworthstone/pi_agent_rust · 1,966 stars · license a license file GitHub does not identify · pushed 2026-11-06 · branch main
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