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authorEzio Melotti <ezio.melotti@gmail.com>2011-06-26 08:38:08 (GMT)
committerEzio Melotti <ezio.melotti@gmail.com>2011-06-26 08:38:08 (GMT)
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#11669: merge with 3.2.
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@@ -615,8 +615,9 @@ can be used to create instance variables with different implementation details.
.. rubric:: Footnotes
-.. [#] The exception is propagated to the invocation stack only if there is no
- :keyword:`finally` clause that negates the exception.
+.. [#] The exception is propagated to the invocation stack unless
+ there is a :keyword:`finally` clause which happens to raise another
+ exception. That new exception causes the old one to be lost.
.. [#] Currently, control "flows off the end" except in the case of an exception
or the execution of a :keyword:`return`, :keyword:`continue`, or