[ python-Bugs-1551432 ] __unicode__ breaks for exception class objects

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Bugs item #1551432, was opened at 2006-09-03 05:24
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>Priority: 7
Submitted By: Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk (qrczak)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: __unicode__ breaks for exception class objects

Initial Comment:
PyObject_Unicode and the unicode function stopped
working on class objects of subclasses of BaseException
in Python 2.5.

>>> unicode(ImportError)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: descriptor '__unicode__' of
'exceptions.BaseException' object needs an argument

It should work analogously to str:

>>> str(ImportError)
"<type 'exceptions.ImportError'>"

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