fix very old names for exception terms #5543
diff --git a/Lib/traceback.py b/Lib/traceback.py
index 3d877ee..381fb1f 100644
--- a/Lib/traceback.py
+++ b/Lib/traceback.py
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
"""Format the exception part of a traceback.
The arguments are the exception type and value such as given by
- sys.last_type and sys.last_value. The return value is a list of
+ sys.exc_info()[0] and sys.exc_info()[1]. The return value is a list of
strings, each ending in a newline.
Normally, the list contains a single string; however, for
@@ -239,12 +239,12 @@
def print_last(limit=None, file=None):
- """This is a shorthand for 'print_exception(sys.last_type,
- sys.last_value, sys.last_traceback, limit, file)'."""
+ """
+ This is a shorthand for 'print_exception(*sys.exc_info(), limit, file)'.
+ """
if file is None:
file = sys.stderr
- print_exception(sys.last_type, sys.last_value, sys.last_traceback,
- limit, file)
+ print_exception(*(sys.exc_info() + (limit, file)))
def print_stack(f=None, limit=None, file=None):