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  r74556 | kristjan.jonsson | 2009-08-27 22:20:21 +0000 (fim., 27 ßg·. 2009) | 2 lines

  issue 6275
  Add an "exc_value" attribute to the _AssertRaisesContext context manager in the unittest package.  This allows further tests on the exception that was raised after the context manager exits.
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diff --git a/Lib/unittest/case.py b/Lib/unittest/case.py
index 79c4a72..ed17b6e 100644
--- a/Lib/unittest/case.py
+++ b/Lib/unittest/case.py
@@ -116,6 +116,9 @@
         if not issubclass(exc_type, self.expected):
             # let unexpected exceptions pass through
             return False
+        #store exception, without traceback, for later retrieval
+        self.exc_value = exc_value
+        self.exc_value.with_traceback(None)
         if self.expected_regex is None:
             return True