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Author	lilachb
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Date	2005-02-22.20:52:15
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When defining a class that overloads the __str__ method and raises an exception in the overloaded method, for example class C: def __str__(self): raise Exception("i am an exception") If we call str on an object of this class the exception will not be raised x=C() str(x) (no exception will be reported by jython) P.S. when using x.__str__() the exception will be raised and jython will display it

When defining a class that overloads the __str__ 
method and raises an exception in the overloaded 
method, for example

class C:
  def __str__(self):
    raise Exception("i am an exception")

If we call str on an object of this class the exception will 
not be raised

x=C()
str(x)

(no exception will be reported by jython)

P.S.
when using x.__str__() the exception will be raised and 
jython will display it

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