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diff --git a/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst b/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst index 4ce7324..687ba3e 100644 --- a/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst +++ b/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst @@ -307,12 +307,23 @@ If :keyword:`finally` is present, it specifies a 'cleanup' handler. The :keyword:`try` clause is executed, including any :keyword:`except` and :keyword:`else` clauses. If an exception occurs in any of the clauses and is not handled, the exception is temporarily saved. The :keyword:`finally` clause -is executed. If there is a saved exception, it is re-raised at the end of the -:keyword:`finally` clause. If the :keyword:`finally` clause raises another -exception or executes a :keyword:`return` or :keyword:`break` statement, the -saved exception is set as the context of the new exception. The exception -information is not available to the program during execution of the -:keyword:`finally` clause. +is executed. If there is a saved exception or :keyword:`break` statement, +it is re-raised at the end of the :keyword:`finally` clause. If the +:keyword:`finally` clause raises another exception the saved exception +is set as the context of the new exception; if the :keyword:`finally` clause +executes a :keyword:`return` statement, the saved exception is discarded:: + + def f(): + try: + 1/0 + finally: + return 42 + + >>> f() + 42 + +The exception information is not available to the program during execution of +the :keyword:`finally` clause. .. index:: statement: return |