Fixes #3691.

web/news/e031_version_0_16_2.rst

@@ -25,3 +25,19 @@ Compiler Additions
 Language Additions
 ------------------
 
+- The ``try`` statement's ``except`` branches now support the binding of a
+caught exception to a variable:
+
+.. code-block:: nim
+  try:
+    raise newException(Exception, "Hello World")
+  except Exception as exc:
+    echo(exc.msg)
+
+This replaces the ``getCurrentException`` and ``getCurrentExceptionMsg()``
+procedures, although these procedures will remain in the stdlib for the
+foreseeable future. This new language feature is actually implemented using
+these procedures.
+
+In the near future we will be converting all exception types to refs to
+remove the need for the ``newException`` template.