Catch and name an exception in Python 2.5 +

[Steven D'Aprano]

Thomas Jollans wrote:

> On 26/08/11 21:56, Steven D'Aprano wrote:

>> Is there any way to catch an exception and bind it to a name which will
>> work across all Python versions from 2.5 onwards?
>> 
>> I'm pretty sure there isn't, but I thought I'd ask just in case.
> 
> It's not elegant, and I haven't actually tested this, but this should
> work:
> 
> try:
>     ...
> except (ValueError, KeyError):
>     error = sys.exc_info()[2]

Great! Thanks for that, except I think you want to use [1], not [2].



-- 
Steven