exploring the behavior reraising (unexpectedly includes function calls after original raise)

uncaught.py

def raise_it():                                                                                              
    raise                                                                                                    
                                                                                                             
                                                                                                             
def do_it():                                                                                                 
    try:                                                                                                     
        dumb()                                                                                               
    except:                                                                                                  
        raise_it()                                                                                           
                                                                                                             
do_it()


# OUTPUT
"""
# note the stack trace includes the new function call
# in other words, the exception did not necessarily happen in the bottom-most frame

$ python _tmp.py 
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "_tmp.py", line 11, in <module>
    do_it()
  File "_tmp.py", line 9, in do_it
    raise_it()
  File "_tmp.py", line 7, in do_it
    dumb()
NameError: global name 'dumb' is not defined
"""