is it considered good practice to ...

[nilamo]

here is a snippet example i coded yesterday:

   if time_prefix:
        if sys.version_info.major < 3:
            def xprint(*args,**opts):
                opts['file']=efile
                try:
                    return print(now().strftime(etformat),*args,**opts)
                except (IOError,KeyboardInterrupt):
                    return
        else:
            def xprint(*args,**opts):
                opts['file']=efile
                try:
                    return print(now().strftime(etformat),*args,**opts)
                except (BrokenPipeError,IOError,KeyboardInterrupt):
                    return
    else:
        if sys.version_info.major < 3:
            def xprint(*args,**opts):
                opts['file']=efile
                try:
                    return print(*args,**opts)
                except (IOError,KeyboardInterrupt):
                    return
        else:
            def xprint(*args,**opts):
                opts['file']=efile
                try:
                    return print(*args,**opts)
                except (BrokenPipeError,IOError,KeyboardInterrupt):
                    return

I think I'd write that like:

printer = print
if time_prefix:
    printer = lambda *args, **opts: print(now().strftime(etformat),*args,**opts)
errors = (IOError, KeyboardInterrupt)
if sys.version_info.major >= 3:
    errors += (BrokenPipeError, )

def xprint(*args, **opts):
    opts["file"] = efile
    try:
        return printer(*args, **opts)
    except errors:
        pass