Exception Messages

[John Gordon]

In <mailman.2217.1350317845.27098.python-list at python.org> MRAB <python at mrabarnett.plus.com> writes:

> > Why wasn't the message printed out?
>
> You didn't add a __str__ method:

> class PvCamError(Exception):
>      def __init__(self, msg):
>          self.msg = msg
>      def __str__(self):
>          return self.msg

Wouldn't PvCamError inherit __str__() from Exception?

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