My apologies if I missed something, but do we have a consensus on the desired solution? My understanding of `try/finally` is that whatever happens in the `finally` clause should: - always happen - win any conflicts with `try` clause For example: try: a = 2 finally: a = 3 print(a) # 3 and def f(): try: return 5 finally: return 7 print(f()) # 7 So it seems like the ideal solution to: def mult(thing): print(thing*2) return thing * 2 def simple(): for number in range(2): try: return mult(number) finally: continue print(simple()) would be: 0 2 None