Function try_finally_example

example_code/item_080.py:51–59

(filename)

print("Example 1")
def try_finally_example(filename):
    print("* Opening file")
    handle = open(filename, encoding="utf-8")  # May raise OSError
    try:
        print("* Reading data")
        return handle.read()                   # May raise UnicodeDecodeError
    finally:
        print("* Calling close()")
        handle.close()                         # Always runs after try block


print("Example 2")