[Python-checkins] r82354 - python/branches/py3k/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
benjamin.peterson
python-checkins at python.org
Tue Jun 29 03:27:35 CEST 2010
Author: benjamin.peterson
Date: Tue Jun 29 03:27:35 2010
New Revision: 82354
Log:
rephrase and remove uneeded statement
Modified:
python/branches/py3k/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
Modified: python/branches/py3k/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
==============================================================================
--- python/branches/py3k/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst (original)
+++ python/branches/py3k/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst Tue Jun 29 03:27:35 2010
@@ -272,14 +272,12 @@
try:
foo
finally:
- N = None
del N
-That means that you have to assign the exception to a different name if you want
-to be able to refer to it after the except clause. The reason for this is that
-with the traceback attached to them, exceptions will form a reference cycle with
-the stack frame, keeping all locals in that frame alive until the next garbage
-collection occurs.
+This means the exception must be assigned to a different name to be able to
+refer to it after the except clause. Exceptions are cleared because with the
+traceback attached to them, they form a reference cycle with the stack frame,
+keeping all locals in that frame alive until the next garbage collection occurs.
.. index::
module: sys
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