error messages containing unicode

[Jim]

On Jan 30, 8:18 am, Peter Otten <__pete... at web.de> wrote:
> >>> try:...     raise Exception(u"gewöhnlich ähnlich üblich")
> ... except Exception, e:
> ...     print e.message
> ...
> gewöhnlich ähnlich üblich
Ah, so that's what "If there is a single argument (as is preferred), 
it is bound to the message attribute" means.  Through some imbecility 
I failed to understand it.  Thank you.

> If you're writing to a file you still have to encode explicitly.
Yes; I know that.  It wasn't what to do with the unicode object that 
confused me, it was how to get it in the first place.

Much obliged,
Jim