[Tutor] Question about exception

[Mike Hansen]

> If the Exception is defined as a class, e will be an instance of
> that class so you can have pretty much anything available:
> 
> class MyException(Exception):
>     def __init__(self, msg, mylist)
>         self.msg = msg
>         self.mylist = mylist
>         Exception.__init__(self, msg)
> 
> try:
>     check_something()
> except MyException, e:
>     for entry in e.mylist: ...
> 
> Bill
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Doh! It was right in front of me, but I wasn't connecting the dots. 

Thanks,

Mike