From: Michael Orlitzky <michael@orlitzky.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2021 13:11:47 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: eja: use hasattr() to avoid a try/except.
X-Git-Url: http://gitweb.michael.orlitzky.com/?p=sage.d.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=82d3e5bb067d73eb0aa557d234da0f9723b456e8

eja: use hasattr() to avoid a try/except.
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diff --git a/mjo/eja/eja_algebra.py b/mjo/eja/eja_algebra.py
index 8e52252..4a1c6f9 100644
--- a/mjo/eja/eja_algebra.py
+++ b/mjo/eja/eja_algebra.py
@@ -779,13 +779,9 @@ class FiniteDimensionalEJA(CombinatorialFreeModule):
             if elt.parent().superalgebra() == self:
                 return elt.superalgebra_element()
 
-        try:
-            # Try to convert a vector into a column-matrix...
+        if hasattr(elt, 'column'):
+            # Convert a vector into a column-matrix...
             elt = elt.column()
-        except (AttributeError, TypeError):
-            # and ignore failure, because we weren't really expecting
-            # a vector as an argument anyway.
-            pass
 
         if elt not in self.matrix_space():
             raise ValueError(msg)