Allow for non-string 'message' argument, as in a failed attempt to ac…

…cess

an element of a sequence.

unauthorized.py

@@ -83,9 +83,11 @@
 # 
 ##############################################################################
 """
-$Id: unauthorized.py,v 1.2 2001/10/19 15:12:28 shane Exp $
+$Id: unauthorized.py,v 1.3 2001/11/13 19:22:37 evan Exp $
 """
 
+from types import StringType
+
 class Unauthorized(Exception):
     """Some user wasn't allowed to access a resource"""
 
@@ -103,7 +105,8 @@ def __init__(self, message=None, value=None, needed=None, name=None, **kw):
         (e.g. {'permission': 'add spam'}). Any extra keyword arguments
         provides are added to needed.
         """
-        if name is None and message is not None and len(message.split()) <= 1:
+        if name is None and (
+            not isinstance(message, StringType) or len(message.split()) <= 1):
             # First arg is a name, not a message
             name=message
             message=None