[Python] Break statement in finally block swallows exception

Consider:

def raiseMe( text="Test error" ):
raise Exception( text )

def break_in_finally_test():
for i in range(5):
if i==2:
try:
raiseMe()
except:
raise
else:
print "succeeded!"
finally:
print "testing this!"
break

if __name__=='__main__':
break_in_finally_test()


I expected to see Exception( "Test error" ) to be raised, but instead only "testing this" is printed. The intention, of course, was to call raiseMe() only once, no matter if we succeed or not - but if it raises an exception, I would have wanted to see that!

Why does break swallow the exception that I explicitly raise?

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