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diff --git a/numpy/compat/py3k.py b/numpy/compat/py3k.py
index 64944dbfd..a75bfebfd 100644
--- a/numpy/compat/py3k.py
+++ b/numpy/compat/py3k.py
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@ Python 3 compatibility tools.
"""
-__all__ = ['bytes', 'asbytes', 'isfileobj']
+__all__ = ['bytes', 'asbytes', 'isfileobj', 'getexception']
import sys
+
if sys.version_info[0] >= 3:
import io
bytes = bytes
@@ -20,3 +21,7 @@ else:
asbytes = str
def isfileobj(f):
return isinstance(f, file)
+
+def getexception():
+ return sys.exc_info()[1]
+