[Python-checkins] r61303 - python/trunk/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst
georg.brandl
python-checkins at python.org
Sat Mar 8 10:54:06 CET 2008
Author: georg.brandl
Date: Sat Mar 8 10:54:06 2008
New Revision: 61303
Modified:
python/trunk/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst
Log:
#2253: fix continue vs. finally docs.
Modified: python/trunk/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst
==============================================================================
--- python/trunk/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst (original)
+++ python/trunk/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst Sat Mar 8 10:54:06 2008
@@ -619,9 +619,13 @@
:keyword:`continue` may only occur syntactically nested in a :keyword:`for` or
:keyword:`while` loop, but not nested in a function or class definition or
-:keyword:`finally` statement within that loop. [#]_ It continues with the next
+:keyword:`finally` clause within that loop. It continues with the next
cycle of the nearest enclosing loop.
+When :keyword:`continue` passes control out of a :keyword:`try` statement with a
+:keyword:`finally` clause, that :keyword:`finally` clause is executed before
+really starting the next loop cycle.
+
.. _import:
.. _from:
@@ -920,9 +924,4 @@
:func:`locals` return the current global and local dictionary, respectively,
which may be useful to pass around for use by :keyword:`exec`.
-.. rubric:: Footnotes
-
-.. [#] It may occur within an :keyword:`except` or :keyword:`else` clause. The
- restriction on occurring in the :keyword:`try` clause is implementor's laziness
- and will eventually be lifted.
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