different behaviour for user defined exception with attribute args

[Dave Angel]

Visco Shaun wrote:
> Hi all
>
> For an exception defined as below
>
> class OptionError(Exception):
>     def __init__(self, args):
>         self.args = args
>     def __str__(self):
>         return repr(self.v)
>
> an iteration is happening when the exception is raised
>
> <snip>
>
>   
What is self.v intended to produce?   Perhaps you meant self.args ??  
That doesn't explain your error though.  I suspect you didn't quote your 
code accurately.

The other problem is that args is intended to be a tuple.  So you want 
to use *args for your formal parameter.

DaveA