- New function sys.exc_clear() clears the current exception. This is
rarely needed, but can sometimes be useful to release objects
referenced by the traceback held in sys.exc_info()[2]. (SF patch
#693195.) Thanks to Kevin Jacobs!
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 678b783..5405ce5 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@
Core and builtins
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+
+- New function sys.exc_clear() clears the current exception. This is
+ rarely needed, but can sometimes be useful to release objects
+ referenced by the traceback held in sys.exc_info()[2]. (SF patch
+ #693195.)
+
- On 64-bit systems, a dictionary could contain duplicate long/int keys
if the key value was larger than 2**32. See SF bug #689659.