Does Python do try: except: finally: ?

[Erik Max Francis]

Joseph Wilhelm wrote:

> >>> try:
> ...     print "Foo"
> ... except:
> ...     print "Oof"
> ... else:
> ...     print "Bar"
> ...
> Foo
> Bar
> >>>
> 
> That what you need?

Probably not:

>>> try:
...  print 'foo'
...  raise ValueError
... except:
...  print 'oof'
... else:
...  print 'bar'
... 
foo
oof

The else clause is only executed in the case where there's no error,
quite contrary to what is usually intended by a try..except...finally
clause.

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