[issue16657] traceback.format_tb incorrect docsting

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset dcded8c7af89 by Georg Brandl in branch '3.3': Closes #16657: fix docstring of traceback.format_tb(). http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/dcded8c7af89 -- ___ Python tracker

[issue16657] traceback.format_tb incorrect docsting

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset e6ab0cd959a0 by Georg Brandl in branch '2.7': Closes #16657: fix docstring of traceback.format_tb(). http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/e6ab0cd959a0 -- nosy: +python-dev resolution: -> fixed stage: -> committed/rejected status: open -> close

[issue16657] traceback.format_tb incorrect docsting

New submission from Marius Gedminas: The docstring for traceback.format_tb says """A shorthand for 'format_list(extract_stack(f, limit)).""" which is incorrect -- it's actually a shorthand for format_list(extract_tb(tb, limit)). Patch attached. -- components: Library (Lib) files: f