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

[Michael]

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On 18 Jul 2009, at 00:44, Collin Winter <collinw at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 4:41 PM, Michael<fuzzyman at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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