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diff --git a/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst b/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst index 9dfa31f..7015a7f 100644 --- a/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst +++ b/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst @@ -562,8 +562,9 @@ which is then bound to the class name. .. 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 :keyword:`break` |