Difference between expect without specifier vs else?

Question

In Python's try, except blocks, why does else need to exist if I can just use an except: without a specifier?

Answer 1

It seems like your understanding of how try, except, else, and finally is off.

Here's a summary of how they all work together, from looking at https://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/errors.html:

try:
    #Try something that might raise an exception
except <exception specifier>:
    #Code here will only run if the exception that came up was the one specified
except:
    #Except clause without specifier will catch all exceptions
else:
    #Executed if try clause doesn't raise exception
    #You can only have this else here if you also have except blocks
finally:
    #Runs no matter what