From: Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 04:04:56 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Do not mask the name of a built-in function in example code.
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Do not mask the name of a built-in function in example code.
Based on comment sent to python-docs.
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libsys.tex b/Doc/lib/libsys.tex
index be5a599a45c3..ff5ee65f4009 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libsys.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libsys.tex
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ a circular reference. This will prevent anything referenced by a local
 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