If you browse the Python source tree, you should be able to find it. http://svn.python.org/view/python/trunk/Objects/exceptions.c?revision=77045&view=markup
On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 7:27 PM, Charles Yeomans <char...@declaresub.com> wrote: > > On Feb 5, 2010, at 2:13 PM, Gerald Britton wrote: > >> On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 12:55 PM, Charles Yeomans <char...@declaresub.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> I am so far unable to find the information I want about the Exception >>> class. >>> Information like the signature of __init__ seems to be unavailable. Any >>> suggestions where I might find such information? >>> >> >> Though not documented, some silly tests indicate that it will accept >> pretty much anything: >> >>>>> Exception(1,2,4,54) >> >> Exception(1, 2, 4, 54) >>>>> >>>>> Exception(*range(10)) >> >> Exception(0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) >>>>> >>>>> Exception(*range(50)) >> >> Exception(0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, >> 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, >> 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49) >>>>> >>>>> Exception('a','b','c','d','e') >> >> Exception('a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e') >>>>> >>>>> Exception(Exception(1)) >> >> Exception(Exception(1,),) > > I had also tried such tests. If you pass a single argument msg, it is > assigned to the message property, and the args property is set to (msg,). If > you pass more than one argument, the tuple of arguments is assigned to the > args property, and nothing is assigned to the message property. I was > hoping to at least find source code that provides a definitive answer. > > > Charles Yeomans > > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- Gerald Britton -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list