From 9c1e2c59e3892b7b58ef8a842cb84f95c5bb27e1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: harshadkhetpal <harshad.khetpal@icloud.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 10:12:52 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix: use except Exception and is not None in
 data_selection/utils.py

Two PEP8/correctness fixes:
1. Replace bare `except:` with `except Exception:` on import guard
2. Replace `!= None` comparison with `is not None` (PEP8 E711)
---
 data_selection/utils.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/data_selection/utils.py b/data_selection/utils.py
index 0b797d8f..6b99794a 100644
--- a/data_selection/utils.py
+++ b/data_selection/utils.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 try:
     from transformers import mpu
-except:
+except Exception:
     mpu = None
 
 WANDB_PROJ_NAME = "data_selection"
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ def initialize(args, do_distributed=True):
 
     set_random_seed(args.seed, args.model_parallel)
     # init save folder
-    if args.save != None:
+    if args.save is not None:
         os.makedirs(args.save, exist_ok=True)