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

Greg Ewing writes:

Michael wrote:

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Here are two examples of why allowing return inside a finally block is a bad idea:

Don't do those things, then!

Nobody is *forcing* you to write returns inside finally blocks.

+1 Why not just emphasize in the documentation that return (etc) in a finally: suite *will* get executed *after* return or an exception is raised in the try: suite? "These stunts were performed by professionals. Don't try this at home, kids." More specifically, maybe there should be an explicit warning that in a finally: suite if exit_condition: return do_work() # end of suite has (perhaps surprisingly, YMMV) different semantics from if not exit_condition: do_work() # end of suite WDOT?