try except instead of if else RESULT

try_except:
  6           0 SETUP_FINALLY           10 (to 12)

  7           2 LOAD_FAST                0 (a)
              4 LOAD_FAST                1 (b)
              6 BINARY_TRUE_DIVIDE
              8 POP_BLOCK
             10 RETURN_VALUE

  8     >>   12 POP_TOP
             14 POP_TOP
             16 POP_TOP

  9          18 POP_EXCEPT
             20 JUMP_FORWARD             2 (to 24)
             22 END_FINALLY
        >>   24 LOAD_CONST               0 (None)
             26 RETURN_VALUE
if_else:
 13           0 LOAD_FAST                1 (b)
              2 POP_JUMP_IF_FALSE       12

 14           4 LOAD_FAST                0 (a)
              6 LOAD_FAST                1 (b)
              8 BINARY_TRUE_DIVIDE
             10 RETURN_VALUE
        >>   12 LOAD_CONST               0 (None)
             14 RETURN_VALUE


Name:              try_except
Filename:          C:/Users/50040/AppData/Roaming/JetBrains/PyCharm2020.1/scratches/scratch_78.py
Argument count:    2
Positional-only arguments: 0
Kw-only arguments: 0
Number of locals:  2
Stack size:        6
Flags:             OPTIMIZED, NEWLOCALS, NOFREE
Constants:
   0: None
Variable names:
   0: a
   1: b
Name:              if_else
Filename:          C:/Users/50040/AppData/Roaming/JetBrains/PyCharm2020.1/scratches/scratch_78.py
Argument count:    2
Positional-only arguments: 0
Kw-only arguments: 0
Number of locals:  2
Stack size:        2
Flags:             OPTIMIZED, NEWLOCALS, NOFREE
Constants:
   0: None
Variable names:
   0: a
   1: b


timeit("try_except(1, 2)", setup="from __main__ import try_except")=0.0916276
timeit("try_except(1, 0)", setup="from __main__ import try_except")=0.2811224
timeit("if_else(1, 2)", setup="from __main__ import if_else")=0.10344920000000007
timeit("if_else(1, 0)", setup="from __main__ import if_else")=0.06993529999999992

Process finished with exit code 0