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Expand Up @@ -90,8 +90,13 @@ The following exceptions are used mostly as base classes for other exceptions.
.. method:: with_traceback(tb)

This method sets *tb* as the new traceback for the exception and returns
the exception object. It is usually used in exception handling code like
this::
the exception object. It was more commonly used before the exception
chaining features of :pep:`3134` became available. The following example
shows how we can convert an instance of ``SomeException`` into an
instance of ``OtherException`` while preserving the traceback. Once
raised, the current frame is pushed onto the traceback of the
``OtherException``, as would have happened to the traceback of the
original ``SomeException`` had we allowed it to propagate to the caller.

try:
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