Index: Lib/test/test_exceptions.py
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--- Lib/test/test_exceptions.py	(revision 46491)
+++ Lib/test/test_exceptions.py	(working copy)
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@
     expected = args[-1]
     try:
         if len(args) == 2: raise args[0]
-        else: raise apply(args[0], args[1])
+        else: raise args[0](*args[1])
     except BaseException, e:
         for checkArgName in expected.keys():
             if repr(getattr(e, checkArgName)) != repr(expected[checkArgName]):