>>> def doStuff():
...     try:
...         print "I'm doing stuff"
...         a = [0]
...         print a[1]
...     except:
...         print "Something has gone wrong"
...
>>> doStuff()
I'm doing stuff
Something has gone wrong





>>> def doStuff():
...     print "I'm doing stuff"
...     a = [0]
...     print a[1]
...
>>> doStuff()
I'm doing stuff
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "<stdin>", line 4, in doStuff
IndexError: list index out of range





>>> def doStuff():
...     try:
...         print "I'm doing stuff"
...         raise Exception
...     except:
...         print "Something has gone wrong"
...
>>> doStuff()
I'm doing stuff
Something has gone wrong





>>> def doStuff():
...     print "I'm doing stuff"
...     raise Exception
...
>>> doStuff()
I'm doing stuff
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "<stdin>", line 3, in doStuff
Exception