Share Python code when handling multiple exceptions

Question

I've written a program that needs to deal with a function that can throw multiple exceptions. For each exception I catch I have some code that will handle it specifically.

However, I also have some code I want to run no matter which exception was caught. My current solution is a handle_exception() function which is called from each except block.

try:
    throw_multiple_exceptions()
except FirstException as excep:
    handle_first_exception()
    handle_exception()
except SecondException as excep:
    handle_second_exception()
    handle_exception()

Is there a better way to do this? I would like the code to look like this:

try:
    throw_multiple_exceptions()
except FirstException as excep:
    handle_first_exception()
except SecondException as excep:
    handle_second_exception()
except Exception as excep:
    handle_exception()

Answer 1

how about PEP 0443? its awesome, and very scalable because all you have to do is code and register new handlers

from functools import singledispatch
@singledispatch
def handle_specific_exception(e): # got an exception we don't handle
    pass       

@handle_specific_exception.register(Exception1)
def _(e):
    # handle exception 1

@handle_specific_exception.register(Exception2)
def _(e):
    # handle exception 2

try:
    throw_multiple_exceptions()
except Exception as e:
    handle_specific_exception(e)
    handle_exception()

Answer 2

You could do something like:

try:
    throw_multiple_exceptions()
except FirstException, SecondException as excep:
    if isinstance(excep, FirstException):
        handle_first_exception()
    else:
        handle_second_exception()
    handle_exception()