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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libsys.tex b/Doc/lib/libsys.tex index 1284668..4ab3247 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libsys.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libsys.tex @@ -132,11 +132,6 @@ It is always available. encapsulates the call stack at the point where the exception originally occurred. \obindex{traceback} - If \function{exc_clear()} is called, this function will return three - \code{None} values until either another exception is raised in the - current thread or the execution stack returns to a frame where - another exception is being handled. - \warning{Assigning the \var{traceback} return value to a local variable in a function that is handling an exception will cause a circular reference. This will prevent anything referenced @@ -153,32 +148,6 @@ It is always available. efficient to avoid creating cycles.} \end{funcdesc} -\begin{funcdesc}{exc_clear}{} - This function clears all information relating to the current or last - exception that occurred in the current thread. After calling this - function, \function{exc_info()} will return three \code{None} values until - another exception is raised in the current thread or the execution stack - returns to a frame where another exception is being handled. - - This function is only needed in only a few obscure situations. These - include logging and error handling systems that report information on the - last or current exception. This function can also be used to try to free - resources and trigger object finalization, though no guarantee is made as - to what objects will be freed, if any. -\versionadded{2.3} -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{datadesc}{exc_type} -\dataline{exc_value} -\dataline{exc_traceback} -\deprecated {1.5} - {Use \function{exc_info()} instead.} - Since they are global variables, they are not specific to the - current thread, so their use is not safe in a multi-threaded - program. When no exception is being handled, \code{exc_type} is set - to \code{None} and the other two are undefined. -\end{datadesc} - \begin{datadesc}{exec_prefix} A string giving the site-specific directory prefix where the platform-dependent Python files are installed; by default, this is @@ -377,10 +346,7 @@ else: \begin{datadesc}{modules} This is a dictionary that maps module names to modules which have already been loaded. This can be manipulated to force reloading of - modules and other tricks. Note that removing a module from this - dictionary is \emph{not} the same as calling - \function{reload()}\bifuncindex{reload} on the corresponding module - object. + modules and other tricks. \end{datadesc} \begin{datadesc}{path} |