Version 3.3.11

check exception.args rather than exception.message. exception.message
was deprecated prior to Python 2.7 and some alternative builds have
removed it completely.

CHANGES

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+* 3.3.11
+    * Further fix for the SSLError -> TimeoutError mapping to work
+      on obscure releases of Python 2.7.
 * 3.3.10
     * Fixed a potential error handling bug for the SSLError -> TimeoutError
       mapping introduced in 3.3.9. hanks @zbristow. #1224

redis/__init__.py

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def int_or_str(value):
         return value
 
 
-__version__ = '3.3.10'
+__version__ = '3.3.11'
 VERSION = tuple(map(int_or_str, __version__.split('.')))
 
 __all__ = [

redis/_compat.py

@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
             try:
                 return func(*args, **kwargs)
             except _SSLError as e:
-                if any(x in e.message for x in _EXPECTED_SSL_TIMEOUT_MESSAGES):
+                message = len(e.args) == 1 and unicode(e.args[0]) or ''
+                if any(x in message for x in _EXPECTED_SSL_TIMEOUT_MESSAGES):
                     # Raise socket.timeout for compatibility with Python 3.
                     raise socket.timeout(*e.args)
                 raise