More informative AttributeError message?

[Mark Hammond]

> I would suggest that the traceback of AttributeError also indicate
the class
> of the object.
>
> For example, an exception traceback like
>   File "...", line 135, in get_data
>     col = col.trans(tr)
>     AttributeError: trans

Guido's time machine is at it again!  In 1.6 and later, it has been
improved:

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>>> class A:
...  pass
...
>>> a=A()
>>> a.foo
Traceback (innermost last):
  File "<interactive input>", line 1, in ?
AttributeError: 'A' instance has no attribute 'foo'
>>>

Mark.