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  r71058 | georg.brandl | 2009-04-02 20:09:04 +0200 (Do, 02 Apr 2009) | 3 lines

  PyErr_NormalizeException may not set an error, so convert the PyErr_SetObject
  call on hitting the recursion limit into just assigning it to the arguments provided.
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  r71149 | georg.brandl | 2009-04-04 15:42:39 +0200 (Sa, 04 Apr 2009) | 1 line

  #5642: clarify map() compatibility to the builtin.
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  r71150 | georg.brandl | 2009-04-04 15:45:49 +0200 (Sa, 04 Apr 2009) | 1 line

  #5601: clarify that webbrowser is not meant for file names.
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  r71212 | georg.brandl | 2009-04-05 12:24:20 +0200 (So, 05 Apr 2009) | 1 line

  #1742837: expand HTTP server docs, and fix SocketServer ones to document methods as methods, not functions.
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  r71214 | georg.brandl | 2009-04-05 12:29:57 +0200 (So, 05 Apr 2009) | 1 line

  Normalize spelling of Mac OS X.
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  r71215 | georg.brandl | 2009-04-05 12:32:26 +0200 (So, 05 Apr 2009) | 1 line

  Avoid sure signs of a diseased mind.
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  r71216 | georg.brandl | 2009-04-05 12:41:02 +0200 (So, 05 Apr 2009) | 1 line

  #1718017: document the relation of os.path and the posixpath, ntpath etc. modules better.
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  r71222 | georg.brandl | 2009-04-05 13:07:14 +0200 (So, 05 Apr 2009) | 1 line

  #5615: make it possible to configure --without-threads again.
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  r71225 | georg.brandl | 2009-04-05 13:54:07 +0200 (So, 05 Apr 2009) | 1 line

  #5580: no need to use parentheses when converterr() argument is actually a type description.
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  r71234 | georg.brandl | 2009-04-05 15:16:35 +0200 (So, 05 Apr 2009) | 1 line

  Whitespace normalization.
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  r71237 | georg.brandl | 2009-04-05 16:24:52 +0200 (So, 05 Apr 2009) | 1 line

  #1326077: fix traceback formatting of SyntaxErrors.  This fixes two differences with formatting coming from Python: a) the reproduction of location details in the error message if no line text is given, b) the prefixing of the last line by one space.
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  r71238 | georg.brandl | 2009-04-05 16:25:41 +0200 (So, 05 Apr 2009) | 1 line

  Add NEWS entry for r71237.
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  r71240 | georg.brandl | 2009-04-05 16:40:06 +0200 (So, 05 Apr 2009) | 1 line

  #5370: doc update about unpickling objects with custom __getattr__ etc. methods.
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  r71241 | georg.brandl | 2009-04-05 16:48:49 +0200 (So, 05 Apr 2009) | 1 line

  #5471: fix expanduser() for $HOME set to "/".
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  r71243 | georg.brandl | 2009-04-05 17:14:29 +0200 (So, 05 Apr 2009) | 1 line

  #5432: make plistlib docstring a raw string, since it contains examples with backslash escapes.
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  r71249 | georg.brandl | 2009-04-05 18:30:43 +0200 (So, 05 Apr 2009) | 1 line

  #5444: adapt make.bat to new htmlhelp output file name.
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  r71251 | georg.brandl | 2009-04-05 19:17:42 +0200 (So, 05 Apr 2009) | 1 line

  #5298: clarify docs about GIL by using more consistent wording.
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Python/errors.c b/Python/errors.c
index c88a1909c7..615da191a1 100644
--- a/Python/errors.c
+++ b/Python/errors.c
@@ -219,7 +219,15 @@ finally:
 	tstate = PyThreadState_GET();
 	if (++tstate->recursion_depth > Py_GetRecursionLimit()) {
 	    --tstate->recursion_depth;
-	    PyErr_SetObject(PyExc_RuntimeError, PyExc_RecursionErrorInst);
+	    /* throw away the old exception... */
+	    Py_DECREF(*exc);
+	    Py_DECREF(*val);
+	    /* ... and use the recursion error instead */
+	    *exc = PyExc_RuntimeError;
+	    *val = PyExc_RecursionErrorInst;
+	    Py_INCREF(*exc);
+	    Py_INCREF(*val);
+	    /* just keeping the old traceback */
 	    return;
 	}
 	PyErr_NormalizeException(exc, val, tb);