.. _continue-in-finally:

continue-in-finally / E0116
===========================

**Message emitted:**

``'continue' not supported inside 'finally' clause``

**Description:**

*Emitted when the `continue` keyword is found inside a finally clause, which is a SyntaxError.*

**Problematic code:**

.. literalinclude:: /data/messages/c/continue-in-finally/bad.py
   :language: python

**Correct code:**

.. literalinclude:: /data/messages/c/continue-in-finally/good.py
   :language: python

**Configuration file:**

.. literalinclude:: /data/messages/c/continue-in-finally/pylintrc
    :language: ini

**Additional details:**

Note this message can't be emitted when using Python version 3.8 or greater.



Created by the `basic <https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint/blob/main/pylint/checkers/base/basic_error_checker.py>`__ checker.