Irit Katriel <iritkatriel@yahoo.com> added the comment: In issue 26389 the api was changed so that now format_exception(exc) works. ---------- resolution: -> duplicate stage: needs patch -> resolved status: open -> closed superseder: -> Expand traceback module API to accept just an exception as an argument _______________________________________ Python tracker <report@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue14655> _______________________________________