Python · Exception Handling

How does a warning (like DeprecationWarning) differ from a normal exception, and how can you make warnings behave like exceptions?

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What does this print? (nested try) ``` try: try: raise TypeError except IndexError: print("inner") except TypeError: print("outer") ```

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What does this print? ``` def f(): try: return 1 finally: print("cleanup") print(f()) ```

What does this function return? ``` def f(): try: return "try" finally: return "finally" ```

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