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variable in the same function or by the traceback from being garbage
collected. Since most functions don't need access to the traceback,
the best solution is to use something like
-\code{type, value = sys.exc_info()[:2]}
+\code{exctype, value = sys.exc_info()[:2]}
to extract only the exception type and value. If you do need the
traceback, make sure to delete it after use (best done with a
\keyword{try} ... \keyword{finally} statement) or to call