python
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ As a consequence of this, split keys have a maximum size of 16.
 #include "pycore_dict.h"          // PyDictKeysObject
 #include "pycore_gc.h"            // _PyObject_GC_IS_TRACKED()
 #include "pycore_object.h"        // _PyObject_GC_TRACK()
-#include "pycore_pyerrors.h"      // _PyErr_Fetch()
+#include "pycore_pyerrors.h"      // _PyErr_GetRaisedException()
 #include "pycore_pystate.h"       // _PyThreadState_GET()
 #include "stringlib/eq.h"         // unicode_eq()
 

@@ -3781,16 +3781,13 @@ PyObject *
 _PyErr_TrySetFromCause(const char *format, ...)
 {
     PyObject* msg_prefix;
-    PyObject *exc, *val, *tb;
-    PyTypeObject *caught_type;
     PyObject *instance_args;
     Py_ssize_t num_args, caught_type_size, base_exc_size;
-    PyObject *new_exc, *new_val, *new_tb;
     va_list vargs;
     int same_basic_size;
 
-    PyErr_Fetch(&exc, &val, &tb);
-    caught_type = (PyTypeObject *)exc;
+    PyObject *exc = PyErr_GetRaisedException();
+    PyTypeObject *caught_type = Py_TYPE(exc);
     /* Ensure type info indicates no extra state is stored at the C level
      * and that the type can be reinstantiated using PyErr_Format
      */
@@ -3810,31 +3807,30 @@ _PyErr_TrySetFromCause(const char *format, ...)
          * more state than just the exception type. Accordingly, we just
          * leave it alone.
          */
-        PyErr_Restore(exc, val, tb);
+        PyErr_SetRaisedException(exc);
         return NULL;
     }
 
     /* Check the args are empty or contain a single string */
-    PyErr_NormalizeException(&exc, &val, &tb);
-    instance_args = ((PyBaseExceptionObject *)val)->args;
+    instance_args = ((PyBaseExceptionObject *)exc)->args;
     num_args = PyTuple_GET_SIZE(instance_args);
     if (num_args > 1 ||
         (num_args == 1 &&
          !PyUnicode_CheckExact(PyTuple_GET_ITEM(instance_args, 0)))) {
         /* More than 1 arg, or the one arg we do have isn't a string
          */
-        PyErr_Restore(exc, val, tb);
+        PyErr_SetRaisedException(exc);
         return NULL;
     }
 
     /* Ensure the instance dict is also empty */
-    if (!_PyObject_IsInstanceDictEmpty(val)) {
+    if (!_PyObject_IsInstanceDictEmpty(exc)) {
         /* While we could potentially copy a non-empty instance dictionary
          * to the replacement exception, for now we take the more
          * conservative path of leaving exceptions with attributes set
          * alone.
          */
-        PyErr_Restore(exc, val, tb);
+        PyErr_SetRaisedException(exc);
         return NULL;
     }
 
@@ -3847,28 +3843,19 @@ _PyErr_TrySetFromCause(const char *format, ...)
      * types as well, but that's quite a bit trickier due to the extra
      * state potentially stored on OSError instances.
      */
-    /* Ensure the traceback is set correctly on the existing exception */
-    if (tb != NULL) {
-        PyException_SetTraceback(val, tb);
-        Py_DECREF(tb);
-    }
-
     va_start(vargs, format);
     msg_prefix = PyUnicode_FromFormatV(format, vargs);
     va_end(vargs);
     if (msg_prefix == NULL) {
         Py_DECREF(exc);
-        Py_DECREF(val);
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    PyErr_Format(exc, "%U (%s: %S)",
-                 msg_prefix, Py_TYPE(val)->tp_name, val);
-    Py_DECREF(exc);
+    PyErr_Format((PyObject*)Py_TYPE(exc), "%U (%s: %S)",
+                 msg_prefix, Py_TYPE(exc)->tp_name, exc);
     Py_DECREF(msg_prefix);
-    PyErr_Fetch(&new_exc, &new_val, &new_tb);
-    PyErr_NormalizeException(&new_exc, &new_val, &new_tb);
-    PyException_SetCause(new_val, val);
-    PyErr_Restore(new_exc, new_val, new_tb);
-    return new_val;
+    PyObject *new_exc = PyErr_GetRaisedException();
+    PyException_SetCause(new_exc, exc);
+    PyErr_SetRaisedException(new_exc);
+    return new_exc;
 }
@@ -1308,7 +1308,6 @@ _PyFrame_LocalsToFast(_PyInterpreterFrame *frame, int clear)
     /* Merge locals into fast locals */
     PyObject *locals;
     PyObject **fast;
-    PyObject *error_type, *error_value, *error_traceback;
     PyCodeObject *co;
     locals = frame->f_locals;
     if (locals == NULL) {
@@ -1317,7 +1316,7 @@ _PyFrame_LocalsToFast(_PyInterpreterFrame *frame, int clear)
     fast = _PyFrame_GetLocalsArray(frame);
     co = frame->f_code;
 
-    PyErr_Fetch(&error_type, &error_value, &error_traceback);
+    PyObject *exc = PyErr_GetRaisedException();
     for (int i = 0; i < co->co_nlocalsplus; i++) {
         _PyLocals_Kind kind = _PyLocals_GetKind(co->co_localspluskinds, i);
 
@@ -1374,7 +1373,7 @@ _PyFrame_LocalsToFast(_PyInterpreterFrame *frame, int clear)
         }
         Py_XDECREF(value);
     }
-    PyErr_Restore(error_type, error_value, error_traceback);
+    PyErr_SetRaisedException(exc);
 }
 
 void

@@ -69,8 +69,6 @@ void
 _PyGen_Finalize(PyObject *self)
 {
     PyGenObject *gen = (PyGenObject *)self;
-    PyObject *res = NULL;
-    PyObject *error_type, *error_value, *error_traceback;
 
     if (gen->gi_frame_state >= FRAME_COMPLETED) {
         /* Generator isn't paused, so no need to close */
@@ -82,23 +80,22 @@ _PyGen_Finalize(PyObject *self)
         PyObject *finalizer = agen->ag_origin_or_finalizer;
         if (finalizer && !agen->ag_closed) {
             /* Save the current exception, if any. */
-            PyErr_Fetch(&error_type, &error_value, &error_traceback);
-
-            res = PyObject_CallOneArg(finalizer, self);
+            PyObject *exc = PyErr_GetRaisedException();
 
+            PyObject *res = PyObject_CallOneArg(finalizer, self);
             if (res == NULL) {
                 PyErr_WriteUnraisable(self);
             } else {
                 Py_DECREF(res);
             }
             /* Restore the saved exception. */
-            PyErr_Restore(error_type, error_value, error_traceback);
+            PyErr_SetRaisedException(exc);
             return;
         }
     }
 
     /* Save the current exception, if any. */
-    PyErr_Fetch(&error_type, &error_value, &error_traceback);
+    PyObject *exc = PyErr_GetRaisedException();
 
     /* If `gen` is a coroutine, and if it was never awaited on,
        issue a RuntimeWarning. */
@@ -109,20 +106,19 @@ _PyGen_Finalize(PyObject *self)
         _PyErr_WarnUnawaitedCoroutine((PyObject *)gen);
     }
     else {
-        res = gen_close(gen, NULL);
-    }
-
-    if (res == NULL) {
-        if (PyErr_Occurred()) {
-            PyErr_WriteUnraisable(self);
+        PyObject *res = gen_close(gen, NULL);
+        if (res == NULL) {
+            if (PyErr_Occurred()) {
+                PyErr_WriteUnraisable(self);
+            }
+        }
+        else {
+            Py_DECREF(res);
         }
-    }
-    else {
-        Py_DECREF(res);
     }
 
     /* Restore the saved exception. */
-    PyErr_Restore(error_type, error_value, error_traceback);
+    PyErr_SetRaisedException(exc);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -648,39 +644,11 @@ _PyGen_SetStopIterationValue(PyObject *value)
 int
 _PyGen_FetchStopIterationValue(PyObject **pvalue)
 {
-    PyObject *et, *ev, *tb;
     PyObject *value = NULL;
-
     if (PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_StopIteration)) {
-        PyErr_Fetch(&et, &ev, &tb);
-        if (ev) {
-            /* exception will usually be normalised already */
-            if (PyObject_TypeCheck(ev, (PyTypeObject *) et)) {
-                value = Py_NewRef(((PyStopIterationObject *)ev)->value);
-                Py_DECREF(ev);
-            } else if (et == PyExc_StopIteration && !PyTuple_Check(ev)) {
-                /* Avoid normalisation and take ev as value.
-                 *
-                 * Normalization is required if the value is a tuple, in
-                 * that case the value of StopIteration would be set to
-                 * the first element of the tuple.
-                 *
-                 * (See _PyErr_CreateException code for details.)
-                 */
-                value = ev;
-            } else {
-                /* normalisation required */
-                PyErr_NormalizeException(&et, &ev, &tb);
-                if (!PyObject_TypeCheck(ev, (PyTypeObject *)PyExc_StopIteration)) {
-                    PyErr_Restore(et, ev, tb);
-                    return -1;
-                }
-                value = Py_NewRef(((PyStopIterationObject *)ev)->value);
-                Py_DECREF(ev);
-            }
-        }
-        Py_XDECREF(et);
-        Py_XDECREF(tb);
+        PyObject *exc = PyErr_GetRaisedException();
+        value = Py_NewRef(((PyStopIterationObject *)exc)->value);
+        Py_DECREF(exc);
     } else if (PyErr_Occurred()) {
         return -1;
     }

@@ -370,13 +370,12 @@ _PyObject_Dump(PyObject* op)
     fflush(stderr);
 
     PyGILState_STATE gil = PyGILState_Ensure();
-    PyObject *error_type, *error_value, *error_traceback;
-    PyErr_Fetch(&error_type, &error_value, &error_traceback);
+    PyObject *exc = PyErr_GetRaisedException();
 
     (void)PyObject_Print(op, stderr, 0);
     fflush(stderr);
 
-    PyErr_Restore(error_type, error_value, error_traceback);
+    PyErr_SetRaisedException(exc);
     PyGILState_Release(gil);
 
     fprintf(stderr, "\n");
@@ -860,25 +859,22 @@ set_attribute_error_context(PyObject* v, PyObject* name)
         return 0;
     }
     // Intercept AttributeError exceptions and augment them to offer suggestions later.
-    PyObject *type, *value, *traceback;
-    PyErr_Fetch(&type, &value, &traceback);
-    PyErr_NormalizeException(&type, &value, &traceback);
-    // Check if the normalized exception is indeed an AttributeError
-    if (!PyErr_GivenExceptionMatches(value, PyExc_AttributeError)) {
+    PyObject *exc = PyErr_GetRaisedException();
+    if (!PyErr_GivenExceptionMatches(exc, PyExc_AttributeError)) {
         goto restore;
     }
-    PyAttributeErrorObject* the_exc = (PyAttributeErrorObject*) value;
+    PyAttributeErrorObject* the_exc = (PyAttributeErrorObject*) exc;
     // Check if this exception was already augmented
     if (the_exc->name || the_exc->obj) {
         goto restore;
     }
     // Augment the exception with the name and object
-    if (PyObject_SetAttr(value, &_Py_ID(name), name) ||
-        PyObject_SetAttr(value, &_Py_ID(obj), v)) {
+    if (PyObject_SetAttr(exc, &_Py_ID(name), name) ||
+        PyObject_SetAttr(exc, &_Py_ID(obj), v)) {
         return 1;
     }
 restore:
-    PyErr_Restore(type, value, traceback);
+    PyErr_SetRaisedException(exc);
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -2190,9 +2186,8 @@ Py_ReprLeave(PyObject *obj)
     PyObject *dict;
     PyObject *list;
     Py_ssize_t i;
-    PyObject *error_type, *error_value, *error_traceback;
 
-    PyErr_Fetch(&error_type, &error_value, &error_traceback);
+    PyObject *exc = PyErr_GetRaisedException();
 
     dict = PyThreadState_GetDict();
     if (dict == NULL)
@@ -2213,7 +2208,7 @@ Py_ReprLeave(PyObject *obj)
 
 finally:
     /* ignore exceptions because there is no way to report them. */
-    PyErr_Restore(error_type, error_value, error_traceback);
+    PyErr_SetRaisedException(exc);
 }
 
 /* Trashcan support. */

diff --git a/Objects/odictobject.c b/Objects/odictobject.c
@@ -1556,10 +1556,9 @@ _PyODict_SetItem_KnownHash(PyObject *od, PyObject *key, PyObject *value,
         res = _odict_add_new_node((PyODictObject *)od, key, hash);
         if (res < 0) {
             /* Revert setting the value on the dict */
-            PyObject *exc, *val, *tb;
-            PyErr_Fetch(&exc, &val, &tb);
+            PyObject *exc = PyErr_GetRaisedException();
             (void) _PyDict_DelItem_KnownHash(od, key, hash);
-            _PyErr_ChainExceptions(exc, val, tb);
+            _PyErr_ChainExceptions1(exc);
         }
     }
     return res;

@@ -4397,10 +4397,9 @@ static void
 type_dealloc_common(PyTypeObject *type)
 {
     if (type->tp_bases != NULL) {
-        PyObject *tp, *val, *tb;
-        PyErr_Fetch(&tp, &val, &tb);
+        PyObject *exc = PyErr_GetRaisedException();
         remove_all_subclasses(type, type->tp_bases);
-        PyErr_Restore(tp, val, tb);
+        PyErr_SetRaisedException(exc);
     }
 }
 
@@ -8445,10 +8444,9 @@ slot_tp_finalize(PyObject *self)
 {
     int unbound;
     PyObject *del, *res;
-    PyObject *error_type, *error_value, *error_traceback;
 
     /* Save the current exception, if any. */
-    PyErr_Fetch(&error_type, &error_value, &error_traceback);
+    PyObject *exc = PyErr_GetRaisedException();
 
     /* Execute __del__ method, if any. */
     del = lookup_maybe_method(self, &_Py_ID(__del__), &unbound);
@@ -8462,7 +8460,7 @@ slot_tp_finalize(PyObject *self)
     }
 
     /* Restore the saved exception. */
-    PyErr_Restore(error_type, error_value, error_traceback);
+    PyErr_SetRaisedException(exc);
 }
 
 static PyObject *

@@ -959,9 +959,8 @@ PyObject_ClearWeakRefs(PyObject *object)
     if (*list != NULL) {
         PyWeakReference *current = *list;
         Py_ssize_t count = _PyWeakref_GetWeakrefCount(current);
-        PyObject *err_type, *err_value, *err_tb;
+        PyObject *exc = PyErr_GetRaisedException();
 
-        PyErr_Fetch(&err_type, &err_value, &err_tb);
         if (count == 1) {
             PyObject *callback = current->wr_callback;
 
@@ -980,7 +979,7 @@ PyObject_ClearWeakRefs(PyObject *object)
 
             tuple = PyTuple_New(count * 2);
             if (tuple == NULL) {
-                _PyErr_ChainExceptions(err_type, err_value, err_tb);
+                _PyErr_ChainExceptions1(exc);
                 return;
             }
 
@@ -1010,7 +1009,7 @@ PyObject_ClearWeakRefs(PyObject *object)
             Py_DECREF(tuple);
         }
         assert(!PyErr_Occurred());
-        PyErr_Restore(err_type, err_value, err_tb);
+        PyErr_SetRaisedException(exc);
     }
 }