June 10, 2003
6:12 a.m.
It was brought up once that raising an exception after another exception was already raised ... causes the original exception to be ignored. It was suggested to keep a reference to the previous exception in the current exception
Ah, I see, thanks. Also while we're at it, how about storing the traceback in the exception object, and getting rid of sys.exc_info() etc.? Greg Ewing, Computer Science Dept, +--------------------------------------+ University of Canterbury, | A citizen of NewZealandCorp, a | Christchurch, New Zealand | wholly-owned subsidiary of USA Inc. | greg@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz +--------------------------------------+