Handle non-string arguments in the base PyECLib exception constructor.v1.0.7m

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/pyeclib/ec_iface.py b/pyeclib/ec_iface.py
index fbe82f0..493ea82 100644
--- a/pyeclib/ec_iface.py
+++ b/pyeclib/ec_iface.py
@@ -112,13 +112,15 @@ class PyECLib_FRAGHDRCHKSUM_Types(PyECLibEnum):
 # Generic ECDriverException
 class ECDriverError(Exception):
 
-    def __init__(self, error_str):
-        self.error_str = error_str
-
+    def __init__(self, error):
+        try:
+          self.error_str = str(error)
+        except:
+          self.error_str = 'Error retrieving the error message from %s' \
+              % error.__class__.__name__
     def __str__(self):
         return self.error_str
 
-
 # Main ECDriver class
 class ECDriver(object):