From: Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 04:00:03 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Do not mask the name of a built-in function in example code.
X-Git-Tag: v2.3c1~6885
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7731ed47cb9adc0351c393dad2d505eb5c08d712;p=python

Do not mask the name of a built-in function in example code.
Based on comment sent to python-docs.
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libsys.tex b/Doc/lib/libsys.tex
index 32eac0b1ba..38bd28284c 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libsys.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libsys.tex
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ It is always available.
   by a local variable in the same function or by the traceback from
   being garbage collected.  Since most functions don't need access to
   the traceback, the best solution is to use something like
-  \code{type, value = sys.exc_info()[:2]} to extract only the
+  \code{exctype, value = sys.exc_info()[:2]} to extract only the
   exception type and value.  If you do need the traceback, make sure
   to delete it after use (best done with a \keyword{try}
   ... \keyword{finally} statement) or to call \function{exc_info()} in