Irit Katriel added the comment:
Closing this issue is out of date. Most if not all of the points mentioned have been resolved by now, and there is also a section on traceback objects [1] which is linked from the exc_info doc [2].
[1] https://docs.python.org/3/reference/datamodel.html#traceback-objects
[2] https://docs.python.org/3/library/sys.html#sys.exc_info
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nosy: +iritkatriel
resolution: -> out of date
stage: -> resolved
status: open -> closed
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https://bugs.python.org/issue14379
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