show class of exception when evaluating expr (#735)

Fixes #661
microsoft · Feb 21, 2018 · a5fd614 · a5fd614
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commit a5fd614
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diff --git a/pythonFiles/PythonTools/visualstudio_py_debugger.py b/pythonFiles/PythonTools/visualstudio_py_debugger.py
@@ -2191,7 +2191,8 @@ def report_execution_error(exc_text, execution_id):
 
 def report_execution_exception(execution_id, exc_info):
  try:
- exc_text = str(exc_info[1])
+ exc_type, exc_value, traceback = exc_info
+ exc_text = '{}: {}'.format(get_exception_name(exc_type), exc_value)
  except:
  exc_text = 'An exception was thrown'