Why does this do what it does?

Question

I found this interesting item in a blog today:

def abc():
    try:
        return True
    finally:
        return False

print "abc() is", abc()

Can anyone tell why it does what it does?

Thanks, KR

Answer 1

If the finally block contains a return or break statement the result from the try block is discarded

it's explained in detail in the python docu