[Python-Dev] Pre-PEP: Unifying try-except and try-finally

[Eric Nieuwland]

Reinhold Birkenfeld wrote:
> Changes to the grammar
>
>     The grammar for the try statement, which is currently
>
>         try_stmt: ('try' ':' suite (except_clause ':' suite)+
>                    ['else' ':' suite] | 'try' ':' suite 'finally' ':' 
> suite)
>
>     would have to become
>
>         try_stmt: ('try' ':' suite (except_clause ':' suite)+
>                    ['else' ':' suite] ['finally' ':' suite] |
>                    'try' ':' suite (except_clause ':' suite)*
>                    ['else' ':' suite] 'finally' ':' suite)

Wouldn't it be easier to change it to:

         try_stmt: ('try' ':' suite (except_clause ':' suite)*
                    ['else' ':' suite] ['finally' ':' suite] )
?

--eric