Python exceptions: is there a way to find the exception attributes?

[Erik Max Francis]

Pat Notz wrote:

> You can also cast the exception into a string which -- if the
> exception class is properly designed -- should give you useful
> information.  For example:
> 
> try:
>     open('/foo.bar')
> except Exception, e:
>     print 'Exception occurred: %s' % str(e)
> 
> That's not exactly what you were asking for but maybe it'll help.

Note that the conversion to string via str ("cast" is a word that might
get Python people up in arms) is implicit with the %s format specifier.

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