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@@ -129,6 +129,41 @@ in various ways. There is a separate error indicator for each thread.
exception state.
+.. c:function:: void PyErr_GetExcInfo(PyObject **ptype, PyObject **pvalue, PyObject **ptraceback)
+
+ Retrieve the exception info, as known from ``sys.exc_info()``. This refers
+ to an exception that was already caught, not to an exception that was
+ freshly raised. Returns new references for the three objects, any of which
+ may be *NULL*. Does not modify the exception info state.
+
+ .. note::
+
+ This function is not normally used by code that wants to handle exceptions.
+ Rather, it can be used when code needs to save and restore the exception
+ state temporarily. Use :c:func:`PyErr_SetExcInfo` to restore or clear the
+ exception state.
+
+.. versionadded:: 3.3
+
+
+.. c:function:: void PyErr_SetExcInfo(PyObject *type, PyObject *value, PyObject *traceback)
+
+ Set the exception info, as known from ``sys.exc_info()``. This refers
+ to an exception that was already caught, not to an exception that was
+ freshly raised. This function steals the references of the arguments.
+ To clear the exception state, pass *NULL* for all three arguments.
+ For general rules about the three arguments, see :c:func:`PyErr_Restore`.
+
+ .. note::
+
+ This function is not normally used by code that wants to handle exceptions.
+ Rather, it can be used when code needs to save and restore the exception
+ state temporarily. Use :c:func:`PyErr_GetExcInfo` to read the exception
+ state.
+
+.. versionadded:: 3.3
+
+
.. c:function:: void PyErr_SetString(PyObject *type, const char *message)
This is the most common way to set the error indicator. The first argument