[Python-checkins] r82355 - in python/branches/release31-maint: Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst

[benjamin.peterson]

Author: benjamin.peterson
Date: Tue Jun 29 03:30:28 2010
New Revision: 82355

Log:
Merged revisions 82354 via svnmerge from 
svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/branches/py3k

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  r82354 | benjamin.peterson | 2010-06-28 20:27:35 -0500 (Mon, 28 Jun 2010) | 1 line
  
  rephrase and remove uneeded statement
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Modified:
   python/branches/release31-maint/   (props changed)
   python/branches/release31-maint/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst

Modified: python/branches/release31-maint/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
==============================================================================
--- python/branches/release31-maint/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst	(original)
+++ python/branches/release31-maint/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst	Tue Jun 29 03:30:28 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