I agree it&#x27;s off-topic, but I&#x27;m not sure I agree it&#x27;s a &quot;Well-actually&quot;. Language is imprecise enough as it is, we don&#x27;t need to make it even more so by letting common mistakes become accepted practice.<p>Bad analogy: imagine if the Python docs were to recommend handling try-blocks with &quot;except: pass&quot; simply because many people do it.