[Python-ideas] Make return inside a finally a SyntaxError
Stephen J. Turnbull
stephen at xemacs.org
Sat Jul 18 14:54:38 CEST 2009
Michael Foord writes:
> That exceptions can be silently swallowed in a finally block (which
> is 'expected' and usually intended to propagate exceptions)
I would say "intended to be executed regardless of control transfer
out of the try block".
> in the presence of a return (or a break apparently) is worrying.
> Another solution would be to have the exception raised instead of
> swallowed.
That would really piss off anybody who deliberately put a return in a
finally block, I think.
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