How to catch a generic exception?

[Denis S. Otkidach]

On Thu, 4 Mar 2004, Boogie El Aceitoso wrote:

BEA> How can I catch a generic exception (without knowing a
BEA> priori what exception
BEA> it will be)?

try:
    generateSomeException()
except:
    import sys
    print sys.exc_info()[1]

BEA> For example, something like this
BEA> try:
BEA>    generateSomeException()
BEA> except e:
BEA>   print e

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Denis S. Otkidach
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