call err_clear in err_setval

diff --git a/Python/errors.c b/Python/errors.c
index 7266ecac6b80baed2497a2b4e776878c1941155b..781710896c5561027094f526fb8fcfa247a9bad5 100644 (file)
--- a/Python/errors.c
+++ b/Python/errors.c
@@ -72,11 +72,11 @@ err_setval(exception, value)
        object *exception;
        object *value;
 {
-       XDECREF(last_exception);
+       err_clear();
+
        XINCREF(exception);
        last_exception = exception;
        
-       XDECREF(last_exc_val);
        XINCREF(value);
        last_exc_val = value;
 }