Sandra> try: Sandra> exc_type, exc_value, exc_traceback = sys.exc_info() Sandra> # Do something Sandra> finally: Sandra> exc_traceback = None
Sandra> Why the try/finally with setting exc_traceback to None? The intent is to decrement the reference count to any objects referenced by exc_traceback. Without it, the frame(s) referenced by the traceback remain alive until exc_traceback goes out of scope. Skip -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list