[Python] Ordering of except statements in Python

If I have an inheritance hierarchy of exception classes, and in a try block if I want to attempt to handle a more specific (derived) exception before a more general one, do I just put the except statement for the derived class above the one for the base class?

Is this how I would do it?

class MyException(BaseException):
pass

class AnotherException(MyException):
pass

try:
raise AnotherException()
except AnotherException:
print('Caught YetAnotherException!')
except MyException:
print('Caught MyException!')

print('Done.')


I have tried it out, and it works, but I'm surprised I am unable to find any documentation about this.

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