Amaury Forgeot d'Arc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: Thanks for the short case. It makes everything simpler. First, note that you get the same behaviour with python-only code:
import re, sys class Issue3328: def f(self): # unbalanced parenthesis x = re.compile('(123') o = Issue3328() sys.getrefcount(o) # prints 2 o.f() sys.getrefcount(o) # prints 3 And this is normal: the last exception contains the traceback (stored in sys.last_traceback) which contains the live context frames which reference the "self" variable which is the additional reference to our object. Try to provoke another error (any SyntaxError will do) and see the refcount decrease. Now, the three variables sys.last_traceback, sys.last_type and sys.last_value contain the info about the last *uncaught* exception. An exception is said to be *uncaught* when PyErr_Print() is called to print it... That's what happens at the interactive prompt, of course, and in your C code. Looking at python source code, PyErr_Print() is actually a single call to PyErr_PrintEx(1), the parameter (1) is named "set_sys_last_vars" (aha!). You should try to call PyErr_PrintEx(0) instead, and see if this improves something. Then a documentation path will be very welcomed ;-) ---------- resolution: -> works for me status: open -> pending _______________________________________ Python tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://bugs.python.org/issue3328> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com