• The practice of performing a potentially illegal operation without checking first whether the operation would succeed and then handling the possible error, instead of checking ahead of time. EAFP reduces the risk of “time of check” to “time of use” errors that can occur when checking first (often known as LBYL, “look before you leap”). EAFP is especially encouraged in the Python programming language. ← Wikipedia

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