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

[Collin Winter]

On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 5:00 PM, Michael<fuzzyman at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>>
>> Do you have real code that suffers from this problem? Is this a common
>> mistake for Python beginners?
>
> Not specifically but I think it is an unfortunate design decision that
> should be corrected.

Do you believe

def f():
  try:
    raise OSError
  finally:
    raise KeyError

should be a SyntaxError, too?

Collin Winter