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Outcome provides a function for capturing the outcome of a Python function call, so that it can be passed around. The basic rule is:

result = outcome.capture(f, *args, **kwargs)
x = result.unwrap()

is the same as:

x = f(*args, **kwargs)

even if f raises an error.

There’s also acapture():

result = await outcome.acapture(f, *args, **kwargs)
x = result.unwrap()

which, like before, is the same as:

x = await f(*args, **kwargs)

An Outcome object can only be unwrapped once. A second attempt would raise an AlreadyUsedError.

See the API Reference for the types involved.