Bug: Tic-Tac-Toe bare except silently swallows non-font errors during font initialization

[vipul674]

Description

In games/Tic-Tac-Toe/Tic-Tac-Toe.py lines 38 and 45, bare except: pass blocks catch ALL exceptions during font creation, not just font-related errors. This means any unexpected error (e.g., a typo in the font path, permission error, or a bug in the rendering logic) is silently swallowed.

Code

try:
    font = pygame.font.SysFont('arial', 50, bold=True)
except:
    pass

try:
    font = pygame.font.SysFont('helvetica', 50, bold=True)
except:
    pass

Impact

If a non-font error occurs during these try blocks (e.g., a NameError if pygame isn't properly imported, or a permission error), the game silently continues with no font set, leading to confusing behavior later. Developers cannot diagnose issues because errors are completely hidden.

Expected Behavior

Catch only the specific font-related exception (pygame.error) so other errors propagate:

try:
    font = pygame.font.SysFont('arial', 50, bold=True)
except pygame.error:
    pass

Labels

bug, GSSoC

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[vipul674]

@steam-bell-92 I would like to work on this under GSSoC'26. Please assign it to me.

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