class BaseException(Exception): """ Base Exception which implements message attr on exceptions Required for: Python 3 """ def __init__(self, message=None, *args, **kwargs): self.message = message super(BaseException, self).__init__( self.message, *args, **kwargs ) def __str__(self): return self.message or self.__class__.__name__ class WalmartException(BaseException): pass class WalmartAuthenticationError(WalmartException): pass