continue-in-finally (PLE0116)

Derived from the Pylint linter.

What it does

Checks for continue statements inside finally

Why is this bad?

continue statements were not allowed within finally clauses prior to Python 3.8. Using a continue statement within a finally clause can cause a SyntaxError.

Example

while True:
    try:
        pass
    finally:
        continue

Use instead:

while True:
    try:
        pass
    except Exception:
        pass
    else:
        continue

Options

• target-version