Géry <gery.ogam@gmail.com> added the comment: @gvanrossum By the way, is there any particular reason why the ``try`` statement implementation equivalent to the ``with`` statement given in PEP 343 puts the finally clause in an outer ``try`` statement instead of in the inner ``try`` statement? (cf. https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0343/#specification-the-with-statement) In other words, couldn't we simplify this: ``` mgr = (EXPR) exit = type(mgr).__exit__ # Not calling it yet value = type(mgr).__enter__(mgr) exc = True try: try: VAR = value # Only if "as VAR" is present BLOCK except: # The exceptional case is handled here exc = False if not exit(mgr, *sys.exc_info()): raise # The exception is swallowed if exit() returns true finally: # The normal and non-local-goto cases are handled here if exc: exit(mgr, None, None, None) ``` into that? ``` mgr = (EXPR) exit = type(mgr).__exit__ # Not calling it yet value = type(mgr).__enter__(mgr) exc = True try: VAR = value # Only if "as VAR" is present BLOCK except: # The exceptional case is handled here exc = False if not exit(mgr, *sys.exc_info()): raise # The exception is swallowed if exit() returns true finally: # The normal and non-local-goto cases are handled here if exc: exit(mgr, None, None, None) ``` ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <report@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue39037> _______________________________________