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It's also worth noting that this won't work in Python before 2.5 (or maybe 2.4).

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You mean after 2.5 right?

try: return True finally: return False

-- There's an error in your program: * 'return' outside function ...

Just sayin'

It works if you put it in a function (2.5.1):

  >>> def test():
  ...  try: return True
  ...  finally: return False
  ... 
  >>> test()
  False

2.6.2 as well. I liked this little snippet, though I grumbled a little on the inside and would be appalled if I ever found something like that in serious code...

In 2.3 it does. Why wouldn't it?

I swear I read that this behavior changed somehow in Python 2.5. But I'm not sure how. But it does at least appear to work in python 2.4.

In 2.5 they made try/except/finally possible.

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