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Expand Up @@ -121,9 +121,9 @@ A :keyword:`try` statement may have more than one *except clause*, to specify
handlers for different exceptions. At most one handler will be executed.
Handlers only handle exceptions that occur in the corresponding *try clause*,
not in other handlers of the same :keyword:`!try` statement. An *except clause*
may name multiple exceptions as a parenthesized tuple, for example::
may name multiple exceptions, for example::

... except (RuntimeError, TypeError, NameError):
... except RuntimeError, TypeError, NameError:
... pass

A class in an :keyword:`except` clause matches exceptions which are instances of the
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