From f2890572678bc2991c1fec72f2aab5c23c544ca9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Username <user@mymx.me>
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2025 22:28:47 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] cleanup: minor fixes in comboparse and soup_parser

---
 comboparse.py  | 9 ++++++---
 soup_parser.py | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/comboparse.py b/comboparse.py
index d23f3e8..4ae5620 100644
--- a/comboparse.py
+++ b/comboparse.py
@@ -35,8 +35,10 @@ class ComboParser(object):
 		if self.loaded: return
 		self.loaded = True
 
-		try: self.cparser.read(self.ini)
-		except: pass
+		try:
+			self.cparser.read(self.ini)
+		except Exception:
+			pass  # config file missing or unreadable, use defaults
 		args = self.aparser.parse_args()
 		for item in self.items:
 			try:
@@ -61,7 +63,8 @@ class ComboParser(object):
 				if arg is not None:
 					inner = arg
 					item['found'] = True
-			except: pass
+			except AttributeError:
+				pass  # arg not provided on command line
 			if not item['found']:
 				if item['required']:
 					sys.stderr.write('error: required config item "%s" not found in section "%s" of "%s"!\n'%(item['name'], item['section'], self.ini))
diff --git a/soup_parser.py b/soup_parser.py
index ead73f0..ebb5d3a 100644
--- a/soup_parser.py
+++ b/soup_parser.py
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ def _parse_stdlib(html):
 	parser = LinkExtractor()
 	try:
 		parser.feed(html)
-	except:
-		pass
+	except Exception:
+		pass  # malformed HTML, return partial results
 	return SoupResult(parser.tags)