[issue5641] Local variables not freed when Exception raises in function called from cycle

[Georg Brandl]

Georg Brandl <georg at python.org> added the comment:

This is not a question of "correct" behavior, but of documented
semantics.  We can't change that semantics in 2.x, like we did for 3.x,
because many people rely on the exception variable being available after
the except clause finishes.

Closing as "won't fix."

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nosy: +georg.brandl
resolution:  -> wont fix
status: open -> closed

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