There are a lot of bare exceptions in IDLE. Here's the output of "grep -n 'except:' *.py"
AutoComplete.py:184: except:
AutoComplete.py:209: except:
Debugger.py:172: except:
Debugger.py:344: except:
EditorWindow.py:999: except:
ObjectBrowser.py:38: except:
ObjectBrowser.py:100: except:
PyShell.py:133: except: # but debugger may not be active right now....
PyShell.py:154: except:
PyShell.py:161: except:
PyShell.py:176: except:
PyShell.py:433: except:
PyShell.py:742: except:
PyShell.py:869: except:
PyShell.py:1043: except:
PyShell.py:1096: except:
PyShell.py:1193: except:
PyShell.py:1214: except:
PyShell.py:1245: except:
rpc.py:106: except:
rpc.py:206: except:
run.py:88: except:
run.py:120: except:
run.py:125: except:
run.py:248: except:
run.py:332: except:
SearchEngine.py:72: except:
StackViewer.py:66: except:
WindowList.py:47: except:
Slowly, these exceptions should be refined to include the exact exception being caught.