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77 | If no expressions are present, <tt class="keyword">raise</tt> re-raises the last | |
78 | exception that was active in the current scope. If no exception is | |
79 | active in the current scope, a <tt class="exception">Queue.Empty</tt> exception is | |
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109 | traceback object or <code>None</code>, a <tt class="exception">TypeError</tt> exception is | |
110 | raised. The three-expression form of <tt class="keyword">raise</tt> is useful to | |
111 | re-raise an exception transparently in an except clause, but | |
112 | <tt class="keyword">raise</tt> with no expressions should be preferred if the | |
113 | exception to be re-raised was the most recently active exception in | |
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