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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst | 10 |
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diff --git a/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst b/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst index b2eef16..9bcb108 100644 --- a/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst +++ b/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst @@ -272,14 +272,12 @@ was translated to :: try: foo finally: - N = None del N -That means that you have to assign the exception to a different name if you want -to be able to refer to it after the except clause. The reason for this is that -with the traceback attached to them, exceptions will form a reference cycle with -the stack frame, keeping all locals in that frame alive until the next garbage -collection occurs. +This means the exception must be assigned to a different name to be able to +refer to it after the except clause. Exceptions are cleared because with the +traceback attached to them, they form a reference cycle with the stack frame, +keeping all locals in that frame alive until the next garbage collection occurs. .. index:: module: sys |