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

[Michael Hudson]

Guido van Rossum <gvanrossum at gmail.com> writes:

> [Steven Bethard]
>> I have a feeling that it might actually be easier to continue to
>> document try/except and try/finally separately and then just give the
>> semantics of try/except/finally in terms of the other semantics.  Take
>> a look at the Java Language Specification[1] (pages 399-401) if you
>> want to see how nastly documenting try/except/finally can get.  And
>> they don't even have an else clause! ;-)
>
> Fine with me.
>
> Can I go ahead and approve this now 

While I see the cost of this PEP being pretty small, I see the benefit
the same way too.

> before someone proposes to add a new keyword?

Heh.

Cheers,
mwh

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