From dcada484e2624aeada4d329a07dde4ed0ae65c6a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sven Augustin <sven.augustin@psi.ch>
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2022 13:23:39 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fixed printing ChainedException causes e.g. in scans

---
 slic/utils/exceptions.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/slic/utils/exceptions.py b/slic/utils/exceptions.py
index 1b51e8db8..de136b7c5 100644
--- a/slic/utils/exceptions.py
+++ b/slic/utils/exceptions.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from .utils import typename, singleton
 class ChainedException(Exception):
 
     def __str__(self):
-        printable = printable_exception(self)
+        printable = self.args[0] if self.args else ""
 
         cause = self.__cause__
         if cause:
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class ChainedException(Exception):
 
 def printable_exception(exc):
     name = typename(exc)
-    message = exc.args[0] if exc.args else ""
+    message = str(exc)
     return "{}: {}".format(name, message)