question about sys.exc_type and sys.exc_value

[John Salerno]

David Wahler wrote:

> Are you using the first edition of "Learning Python"? According to
> <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lpython/> that was published in 1999,
> which puts it right around the end of Python 1.5. I'd strongly suggest
> you find a much more recent tutorial, as a lot of python has been
> improved and altered since then (sometimes in incompatible ways).

Actually I'm using the second edition, which is updated to 2.2/2.3. But 
you are right, I just tried it in the command prompt and it does work, 
so my mind can rest tonight.  :)