What is the difference in getting exception message via str(e) and e.message in
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2Aside from the fact that `e.message` itself may raise an `AttributeError`? – chepner Jan 07 '20 at 20:52
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2Does this answer your question? [How to get exception message in Python properly](/q/33239308/90527) – outis Dec 15 '22 at 04:11
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If e doesn't have a message attribute, e.message will raise an AttributeError. str(e), on the other hand, won't do anything worse than return an empty string.
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