import traceback try: raise SyntaxError, "argument" except: traceback.print_exc() prints: Traceback (most recent call last): File "test.py", line 3, in ? raise SyntaxError, "argument" Traceback (most recent call last): File "test.py", line 5, in ? traceback.print_exc() File "C:\py16\lib\traceback.py", line 182, in print_exc print_exception(etype, value, tb, limit, file) File "C:\py16\lib\traceback.py", line 110, in print_exception lines = format_exception_only(etype, value) File "C:\py16\lib\traceback.py", line 169, in format_exception_only list.append('%s: %s\n' % (str(stype), str(value))) SystemError: new style getargs format but argument is not a tuple not really what I expected. am I out of sync, or have I stumbled upon a bug in the new exceptions code? </F>