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  rephrase and remove uneeded statement
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@ -272,14 +272,12 @@ was translated to ::
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