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import traceback
try:
raise SyntaxError, "argument"
except:
traceback.print_exc()

prints:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "test.py", line 3, in ?
raise SyntaxError, "argument"
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "test.py", line 5, in ?
traceback.print_exc()
File "C:\py16\lib\traceback.py", line 182, in print_exc
print_exception(etype, value, tb, limit, file)
File "C:\py16\lib\traceback.py", line 110, in print_exception
lines = format_exception_only(etype, value)
File "C:\py16\lib\traceback.py", line 169, in format_exception_only
list.append('%s: %s\n' % (str(stype), str(value)))
SystemError: new style getargs format but argument is not a tuple

not really what I expected. am I out of sync, or have I
stumbled upon a bug in the new exceptions code?

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