How to use sys.exc_info()???

[Alexis Lê-Quôc]

I believe it's in sys.exc_info()[1]. If you 'dir' the object, you can see
that it has 'args' and 'strerror' among its members. I believe both are the
ones you're interested in.

Alexis Le-Quoc

> -----Original Message-----
> From: python-list-admin at python.org
> [mailto:python-list-admin at python.org]On Behalf Of Roy Smith
> Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 15:10
> To: python-list at python.org
> Subject: How to use sys.exc_info()???
>
>
> I'm stuped with how sys.exc_info() is supposed to work.  If I do:
>
> open ('xxx')
>
> I get:
>
> Traceback (innermost last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'xxx'
>
> Which is what I expect.  But when I do:
>
> try:
>      open ('xxx')
> except:
>      foo = sys.exc_info()
>
> What I end up with in foo is
>
> (<class exceptions.IOError at 80a7e20>, <exceptions.IOError
> instance at 80c82d0>, <traceback object at 80c92c8>)
>
> What I don't understand is how to go from the 3-tuple I get back from
> exc_info() to the string "No such file or directory"?
>
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