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

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

Greg Ewing writes:
 > Michael wrote:
 > > Here are two examples of why allowing return inside a finally block is  
 > > a bad idea:
 > 
 > Don't do those things, then!
 > 
 > Nobody is *forcing* you to write returns inside
 > finally blocks.

+1

Why not just emphasize in the documentation that return (etc) in a
finally: suite *will* get executed *after* return or an exception is
raised in the try: suite?  "These stunts were performed by
professionals.  Don't try this at home, kids."

More specifically, maybe there should be an explicit warning that in a
finally: suite

    if exit_condition:
        return
    do_work()
    # end of suite

has (perhaps surprisingly, YMMV) different semantics from

    if not exit_condition:
        do_work()
    # end of suite

WDOT?