changeset: 79151:f51d11405f1d branch: 2.7 parent: 79146:ce943bce76c9 user: Mark Dickinson date: Mon Sep 24 20:25:24 2012 +0100 files: Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst description: Issue #14167: restore statement about breaks in finally clauses; remove statement about exception chaining. diff -r ce943bce76c9 -r f51d11405f1d Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst --- a/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst Mon Sep 24 17:30:39 2012 +0300 +++ b/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst Mon Sep 24 20:25:24 2012 +0100 @@ -290,16 +290,14 @@ .. index:: keyword: finally -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 -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:: +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 dicarded:: def f(): try: