# PEP 765: Disallow return/break/continue that exit a finally block

**URL:** <https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-765-disallow-return-break-continue-that-exit-a-finally-block/71348>\
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**Created:** [November 16, 2024, 10:28am UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-765-disallow-return-break-continue-that-exit-a-finally-block/71348 "2024-11-16T10:28:23Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 23, 2024, 6:28am UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-765-disallow-return-break-continue-that-exit-a-finally-block/71348/102 "2024-11-23T06:28:50Z")

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I abandoned this thread for a while, but I will point out that if an inner “finally” is exited this way, an outer “finally” still runs!

I still have mixed feelings and wish the next SC good luck figuring it out. I honestly don’t know what I would have done when I was BDFL.

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