class SpecialException(ValueError):
    pass

def exceptionFilter(exc):
    print('with',repr(exc))
    try:
        if exc: raise exc()
        print("None")
    except TypeError:
        print("TypeError")
    except ValueError:
        print("ValueError")
    finally:
        print("Running finally")
    print("Function exit")

exceptionFilter(None)
exceptionFilter(TypeError)
exceptionFilter(ValueError)
exceptionFilter(SpecialException)

try:
    exceptionFilter(NameError)
except Exception as e:
    print("NameError was not caught:", repr(e))