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diff --git a/Doc/api/exceptions.tex b/Doc/api/exceptions.tex index c4727f2..62f713b 100644 --- a/Doc/api/exceptions.tex +++ b/Doc/api/exceptions.tex @@ -23,12 +23,9 @@ carefully propagated, additional calls into the Python/C API may not behave as intended and may fail in mysterious ways. The error indicator consists of three Python objects corresponding to -\withsubitem{(in module sys)}{ - \ttindex{exc_type}\ttindex{exc_value}\ttindex{exc_traceback}} -the Python variables \code{sys.exc_type}, \code{sys.exc_value} and -\code{sys.exc_traceback}. API functions exist to interact with the -error indicator in various ways. There is a separate error indicator -for each thread. +the result of \code{sys.exc_info()}. API functions exist to interact +with the error indicator in various ways. There is a separate +error indicator for each thread. % XXX Order of these should be more thoughtful. % Either alphabetical or some kind of structure. diff --git a/Doc/api/intro.tex b/Doc/api/intro.tex index d84b654..608d562 100644 --- a/Doc/api/intro.tex +++ b/Doc/api/intro.tex @@ -400,15 +400,12 @@ exception state. The full exception state consists of three objects (all of which can be \NULL): the exception type, the corresponding exception value, and the traceback. These have the same meanings as the Python -\withsubitem{(in module sys)}{ - \ttindex{exc_type}\ttindex{exc_value}\ttindex{exc_traceback}} -objects \code{sys.exc_type}, \code{sys.exc_value}, and -\code{sys.exc_traceback}; however, they are not the same: the Python +result of \code{sys.exc_info()}; however, they are not the same: the Python objects represent the last exception being handled by a Python \keyword{try} \ldots\ \keyword{except} statement, while the C level exception state only exists while an exception is being passed on between C functions until it reaches the Python bytecode interpreter's -main loop, which takes care of transferring it to \code{sys.exc_type} +main loop, which takes care of transferring it to \code{sys.exc_info()} and friends. Note that starting with Python 1.5, the preferred, thread-safe way to |