Python: Error Handling

import traceback
def formatExceptionInfo(maxTBlevel=5):
         cla, exc, trbk = sys.exc_info()
         excName = cla.__name__
         try:
             excArgs = exc.__dict__["args"]
         except KeyError:
             excArgs = ""
         excTb = traceback.format_tb(trbk, maxTBlevel)
         return (excName, excArgs, excTb)

try:
         x = x + 1
except:
         print formatExceptionInfo()