[Tim] > I'm curious to know if you (Guido) remember why you removed this > feature in Python 0.9.6? From the HISTORY file: > > """ > New features in 0.9.6: > - stricter try stmt syntax: cannot mix except and finally clauses on 1 try > """ > > IIRC (and I may well not), half of people guessed wrong about whether > an exception raised in an "except:" suite would or would not skip > execution of the same-level "finally:" suite. > > try: > 1/0 > except DivisionByZero: > 2/0 > finally: > print "yes or no?" > > The complementary question is whether an exception in the "finally:" > suite will be handled by the same-level "except:" suites.
No. The rule of thumb is that control only passes forward. > There are obvious answers to both, of course. The question is whether > they're the _same_ obvious answers across responders <0.7 wink>. I think the main person confused was me. :-) In addition, at the time I don't think I knew Java -- certainly I didn't know it well enough to realize that it gives this construct the meaning proposed by Reinhold's PEP. -- --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
