From: Ezio Melotti Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 08:25:28 +0000 (+0300) Subject: #11669: rephrase footnote in the Compound Statements page. X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=99c9c8534f0189e10208bcdbb9799b1195d3a630;p=python #11669: rephrase footnote in the Compound Statements page. --- diff --git a/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst b/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst index 9dfa31f1a6..7015a7fde8 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`