Fix for Empty except#816
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To fix this without changing functionality, keep the best-effort behavior but replace the bare
except:with explicit exception handling for expected failures fromos.add_dll_directoryand add a concise comment explaining why ignoring those failures is acceptable.Best change in
python_package/brainflow/board_shim.pyaround lines 192–195:except:passexcept (AttributeError, FileNotFoundError, OSError):passNo new imports or new dependencies are required.
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