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gh-102011: use sys.exception() instead of sys.exc_info() in docs where possible (#102012)
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‎Doc/library/exceptions.rst

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try:
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...
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except SomeException:
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tb = sys.exc_info()[2]
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tb = sys.exception().__traceback__
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raise OtherException(...).with_traceback(tb)
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.. method:: add_note(note)

‎Doc/library/traceback.rst

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.. index:: object: traceback
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The module uses traceback objects --- this is the object type that is stored in
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the :data:`sys.last_traceback` variable and returned as the third item from
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:func:`sys.exc_info`.
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The module uses traceback objects --- these are objects of type :class:`types.TracebackType`,
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which are assigned to the ``__traceback__`` field of :class:`BaseException` instances.
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.. seealso::
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.. function:: print_exc(limit=None, file=None, chain=True)
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This is a shorthand for ``print_exception(*sys.exc_info(), limit, file,
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This is a shorthand for ``print_exception(sys.exception(), limit, file,
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chain)``.
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try:
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lumberjack()
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except IndexError:
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exc_type, exc_value, exc_traceback = sys.exc_info()
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exc = sys.exception()
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print("*** print_tb:")
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traceback.print_tb(exc_traceback, limit=1, file=sys.stdout)
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traceback.print_tb(exc.__traceback__, limit=1, file=sys.stdout)
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print("*** print_exception:")
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traceback.print_exception(exc_value, limit=2, file=sys.stdout)
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traceback.print_exception(exc, limit=2, file=sys.stdout)
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print("*** print_exc:")
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traceback.print_exc(limit=2, file=sys.stdout)
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print("*** format_exc, first and last line:")
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formatted_lines = traceback.format_exc().splitlines()
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print(formatted_lines[0])
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print(formatted_lines[-1])
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print("*** format_exception:")
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print(repr(traceback.format_exception(exc_value)))
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print(repr(traceback.format_exception(exc)))
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print("*** extract_tb:")
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print(repr(traceback.extract_tb(exc_traceback)))
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print(repr(traceback.extract_tb(exc.__traceback__)))
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print("*** format_tb:")
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print(repr(traceback.format_tb(exc_traceback)))
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print("*** tb_lineno:", exc_traceback.tb_lineno)
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print(repr(traceback.format_tb(exc.__traceback__)))
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print("*** tb_lineno:", exc.__traceback__.tb_lineno)
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The output for the example would look similar to this:
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‎Doc/library/types.rst

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.. class:: TracebackType(tb_next, tb_frame, tb_lasti, tb_lineno)
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The type of traceback objects such as found in ``sys.exc_info()[2]``.
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The type of traceback objects such as found in ``sys.exception().__traceback__``.
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See :ref:`the language reference <traceback-objects>` for details of the
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available attributes and operations, and guidance on creating tracebacks

‎Doc/library/wsgiref.rst

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This method is a WSGI application to generate an error page for the user. It is
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This method can access the current error information using ``sys.exc_info()``,
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This method can access the current error using ``sys.exception()``,
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and should pass that information to *start_response* when calling it (as
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described in the "Error Handling" section of :pep:`3333`).
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‎Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst

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Before an :keyword:`!except` clause's suite is executed,
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details about the exception are
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stored in the :mod:`sys` module and can be accessed via :func:`sys.exc_info`.
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:func:`sys.exc_info` returns a 3-tuple consisting of the exception class, the
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exception instance and a traceback object (see section :ref:`types`) identifying
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the point in the program where the exception occurred. The details about the
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exception accessed via :func:`sys.exc_info` are restored to their previous values
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when leaving an exception handler::
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>>> print(sys.exc_info())
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(None, None, None)
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the exception is stored in the :mod:`sys` module, where it can be accessed
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from within the body of the :keyword:`!except` clause by calling
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:func:`sys.exception`. When leaving an exception handler, the exception
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stored in the :mod:`sys` module is reset to its previous value::
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>>> print(sys.exception())
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None
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>>> try:
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... raise TypeError
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... except:
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... print(sys.exc_info())
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... print(repr(sys.exception()))
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... try:
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... raise ValueError
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... except:
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... print(sys.exc_info())
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... print(sys.exc_info())
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... print(repr(sys.exception()))
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... print(repr(sys.exception()))
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...
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(<class 'TypeError'>, TypeError(), <traceback object at 0x10efad080>)
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(<class 'ValueError'>, ValueError(), <traceback object at 0x10efad040>)
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(<class 'TypeError'>, TypeError(), <traceback object at 0x10efad080>)
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>>> print(sys.exc_info())
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(None, None, None)
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TypeError()
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ValueError()
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TypeError()
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>>> print(sys.exception())
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‎Doc/reference/datamodel.rst

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Traceback objects represent a stack trace of an exception. A traceback object

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