Re: [Python-ideas] Make return inside a finally a SyntaxError

July 17, 2009

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On 18 Jul 2009, at 00:44, Collin Winter <collinw@gmail.com> wrote:
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On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 4:41 PM, Michael<fuzzyman@gmail.com> wrote:
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Here are two examples of why allowing return inside a finally block  
is a bad
idea:
def f():
 try:
   return 3
 finally:
   return 4
def f():
 try:
   raise Exception()
 finally:
   return 4
Do you have real code that suffers from this problem? Is this a common
mistake for Python beginners?
Collin Winter
Not specifically but I think it is an unfortunate design decision that  
should be corrected.

Michael