else: w/o except: - why not?

Erik Max Francis max at alcyone.com
Tue Apr 1 17:20:05 EST 2003


Jeremy Fincher wrote:

> Wouldn't that be better written like thiS?
> 
> try:
>   f1()
> finally:
>   f2()

No, that means something different.  The finally clause _always_ gets
executed; the except clause only gets executed if an exception occurs.

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