From fb288dac9d096e3fa2df1efbba246919e1da4d0a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Benjamin Peterson Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 01:27:35 +0000 Subject: rephrase and remove uneeded statement --- Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst | 10 ++++------ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst b/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst index f78ddcf..39690b5 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 -- cgit v0.12