How to determine if an exception was raised once you're in the finally block?

Question

Is it possible to tell if there was an exception once you\'re in the finally clause? Something like:

try:
    funky code
finally:
    if ???:
          


        

Answer 1

If it was me, I'd do a little re-ordering of your code.

raised = False
try:
    # funky code
except HandleThis:
    # handle it
    raised = True
except Exception as ex:
    # Don't Handle This 
    raise ex
finally:
    if raised:
        logger.info('funky code was raised')

I've placed the raised boolean assignment outside of the try statement to ensure scope and made the final except statement a general exception handler for exceptions that you don't want to handle.

This style determines if your code failed. Another approach might me to determine when your code succeeds.

success = False
try:
    # funky code
    success = True
except HandleThis:
    # handle it
    pass
except Exception as ex:
    # Don't Handle This 
    raise ex
finally:
    if success:
        logger.info('funky code was successful')
    else:
        logger.info('funky code was raised')