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@@ -181,6 +181,12 @@ Other CPython Implementation Changes
hash-based pyc files now use ``siphash13``, too.
(Contributed by Inada Naoki in :issue:`29410`.)
+* When an active exception is re-raised by a :keyword:`raise` statement with no parameters,
+ the traceback attached to this exception is now always ``sys.exc_info()[1].__traceback__``.
+ This means that changes made to the traceback in the current :keyword:`except` clause are
+ reflected in the re-raised exception.
+ (Contributed by Irit Katriel in :issue:`45711`.)
+
New Modules
===========
@@ -266,6 +272,16 @@ sqlite3
(Contributed by Erlend E. Aasland in :issue:`45828`.)
+sys
+---
+
+* :func:`sys.exc_info` now derives the ``type`` and ``traceback`` fields
+ from the ``value`` (the exception instance), so when an exception is
+ modified while it is being handled, the changes are reflected in
+ the results of subsequent calls to :func:`exc_info`.
+ (Contributed by Irit Katriel in :issue:`45711`.)
+
+
threading
---------
@@ -579,6 +595,17 @@ New Features
suspend and resume tracing and profiling.
(Contributed by Victor Stinner in :issue:`43760`.)
+* :c:func:`PyErr_SetExcInfo()` no longer uses the ``type`` and ``traceback``
+ arguments, the interpreter now derives those values from the exception
+ instance (the ``value`` argument). The function still steals references
+ of all three arguments.
+ (Contributed by Irit Katriel in :issue:`45711`.)
+
+* :c:func:`PyErr_GetExcInfo()` now derives the ``type`` and ``traceback``
+ fields of the result from the exception instance (the ``value`` field).
+ (Contributed by Irit Katriel in :issue:`45711`.)
+
+
Porting to Python 3.11
----------------------