gh-102778: IDLE - make sys.last_exc available in Shell after traceback (#103314)

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Co-authored-by: Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu>

diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/run.py b/Lib/idlelib/run.py
index 577c49eb67b20d1f83095b3224d341cd88ad1656..04ce615621ee7cb05f820dfd4fc3401adef95695 100644 (file)
--- a/Lib/idlelib/run.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/run.py
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ def print_exception():
     efile = sys.stderr
     typ, val, tb = excinfo = sys.exc_info()
     sys.last_type, sys.last_value, sys.last_traceback = excinfo
+    sys.last_exc = val
     seen = set()
 
     def print_exc(typ, exc, tb):

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-04-06-16-55-51.gh-issue-102778.BWeAmE.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-04-06-16-55-51.gh-issue-102778.BWeAmE.rst
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..64ae5b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-04-06-16-55-51.gh-issue-102778.BWeAmE.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Support ``sys.last_exc`` in :mod:`idlelib`.