[Python-Dev] Chained Exceptions

[Ka-Ping Yee]

On Thu, 12 May 2005, Brett C. wrote:
> Guido van Rossum wrote:
> > Try to come up with a precise specification and we'll talk.
>
> If a new exception is raised (e.g., not a bare 'raise') while a current
> exception is active (e.g., sys.exc_info() would return something other
> than a tuple of None), then the new exception is made the active exception
> and the now old exception is assigned to the new exception's context
> attribute to be the old exception.

Yeah, i think that's basically all there is to it.  I'll go have a peek
at the interpreter to see if i'm forgetting something.


-- ?!ng