From 99dc4093428735e01646bcced69de327f4f11e51 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fred Drake Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 04:04:36 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Do not mask the name of a built-in function in example code. Based on comment sent to python-docs. --- Doc/lib/libsys.tex | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Doc/lib/libsys.tex b/Doc/lib/libsys.tex index 32eac0b1ba80..38bd28284c4a 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libsys.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libsys.tex @@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ It is always available. 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]} to extract only the + \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 \function{exc_info()} in -- 2.47.3