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Re: Exception Messages

Date 2012-10-15 17:34 +0100
From MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com>
Subject Re: Exception Messages
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On 2012-10-15 17:22, John Gordon wrote:
> In <mailman.2217.1350317845.27098.python-list@python.org> MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> writes:
>
>> > Why wasn't the message printed out?
>>
>> You didn't add a __str__ method:
>
>> class PvCamError(Exception):
>>      def __init__(self, msg):
>>          self.msg = msg
>>      def __str__(self):
>>          return self.msg
>
> Wouldn't PvCamError inherit __str__() from Exception?
>
Yes, but you've put the message in msg, and Exception doesn't have that
attribute.

An alternative approach would be:

class PvCamError(Exception):
     pass

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Exception Messages Wanderer <wanderer@dialup4less.com> - 2012-10-15 09:00 -0700
  Re: Exception Messages MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2012-10-15 17:17 +0100
    Re: Exception Messages John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2012-10-15 16:22 +0000
      Re: Exception Messages MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2012-10-15 17:34 +0100
        Re: Exception Messages Wanderer <wanderer@dialup4less.com> - 2012-10-15 10:18 -0700
          Re: Exception Messages Wanderer <wanderer@dialup4less.com> - 2012-10-15 10:20 -0700
          Re: Exception Messages Wanderer <wanderer@dialup4less.com> - 2012-10-15 10:20 -0700
          Re: Exception Messages MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2012-10-15 18:34 +0100
            Re: Exception Messages Wanderer <wanderer@dialup4less.com> - 2012-10-15 10:44 -0700
            Re: Exception Messages Wanderer <wanderer@dialup4less.com> - 2012-10-15 10:44 -0700
        Re: Exception Messages Wanderer <wanderer@dialup4less.com> - 2012-10-15 10:18 -0700
      Re: Exception Messages Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2012-10-15 12:42 -0400
      Re: Exception Messages Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-10-15 15:15 -0400
  Re: Exception Messages Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-10-16 00:47 +0000

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