There is a new feature that was introduced in python3 - exception chaining. For some reasons I need to disable it for certain exceptions in my code.

Here is sample code:

try:

    print(10/0)

except ZeroDivisionError as e:

    sys.exc_info()

    raise AssertionError(str(e))

what I see:

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "draft.py", line 19, in main

    print(10/0)

ZeroDivisionError: division by zero



During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:



Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "draft.py", line 26, in <module>

    main()

  File "draft.py", line 22, in main

    raise AssertionError(str(e))

AssertionError: division by zero

what I want to see:

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "draft.py", line 26, in <module>

    main()

  File "draft.py", line 22, in main

    raise AssertionError(str(e))

AssertionError: division by zero

I tried to use sys.exc_clear(), but this mehtod is removed from python 3 too.
I can use workaround that works

exc = None

try:

    print(10/0)

except ZeroDivisionError as e:

    exc = e

if exc:

    raise AssertionError(str(exc))

but I believe that there is better solution.

Simple Answer

try:

    print(10/0)

except ZeroDivisionError as e:

    raise AssertionError(str(e)) from None

However, you probably actually want:

try:

    print(10/0)

except ZeroDivisionError as e:

    raise AssertionError(str(e)) from e

Explanation

__cause__

Implicit exception chaining happens through __context__ when there isn't an explicit cause exception set.

Explicit exception chaining works through __cause__ so if you set __cause__ to the exception itself, it should stop the chaining. If __cause__ is set, Python will suppress the implicit message.

try:

    print(10/0)

except ZeroDivisionError as e:

    exc = AssertionError(str(e))

    exc.__cause__ = exc

    raise exc

raise from

We can use "raise from" to do the same thing:

try:

    print(10/0)

except ZeroDivisionError as e:

    exc = AssertionError(str(e))

    raise exc from exc

None __cause__

Setting __cause__ to None actually does the same thing:

try:

    print(10/0)

except ZeroDivisionError as e:

    exc = AssertionError(str(e))

    exc.__cause__ = None

    raise exc

raise from None

So that brings us to the most elegant way to do this which is to raise from None:

try:

    print(10/0)

except ZeroDivisionError as e:

    raise AssertionError(str(e)) from None

But I would argue that you usually want to explicitly raise your exception from the cause exception so the traceback is preserved:

try:

    print(10/0)

except ZeroDivisionError as e:

    raise AssertionError(str(e)) from e

This will give us a slightly different message that states that the first exception was the direct cause of the second:

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "<stdin>", line 2, in <module>

ZeroDivisionError: division by zero



The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:



Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "<stdin>", line 4, in <module>

AssertionError: division by zero