Does 'finally' always execute in Python?

Question

For any possible try-finally block in Python, is it guaranteed that the finally block will always be executed?

For example, let’s say I return while in an <

Answer 1

Addendum to the accepted answer, just to help to see how it works, with a few examples:

• This:

   try:
       1
   except:
       print 'except'
   finally:
       print 'finally'
  

  will output

  finally

•    try:
         1/0
     except:
         print 'except'
     finally:
         print 'finally'
  

  will output

  except
  finally