improve Python 2.6 compatibility: use msg instead of message for verbatim Exception strings.

Author: Alexander Belchenko

intelhex/__init__.py

@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ def getsz(self, addr):
                     break
                 i += 1
         except KeyError:
-            raise NotEnoughDataError(message=('Bad access at 0x%X: '
+            raise NotEnoughDataError(msg=('Bad access at 0x%X: '
                 'not enough data to read zero-terminated string') % addr)
         return self.gets(addr, i)
 
@@ -1050,17 +1050,17 @@ class IntelHexError(Exception):
 
     _fmt = 'IntelHex base error'   #: format string
 
-    def __init__(self, message=None, **kw):
+    def __init__(self, msg=None, **kw):
         """Initialize the Exception with the given message.
         """
-        self.message = message
+        self.msg = msg
         for key, value in kw.items():
             setattr(self, key, value)
 
     def __str__(self):
         """Return the message in this Exception."""
-        if self.message:
-            return self.message
+        if self.msg:
+            return self.msg
         try:
             return self._fmt % self.__dict__
         except (NameError, ValueError, KeyError), e:

intelhex/test.py

@@ -1069,8 +1069,8 @@ def test_IntelHexError(self):
 
     def test_IntelHexError_message(self):
         self.assertEqualExc('IntelHex custom error message',
-            IntelHexError(message='IntelHex custom error message'))
-        self.assertEqualExc('IntelHex base error', IntelHexError(message=''))
+            IntelHexError(msg='IntelHex custom error message'))
+        self.assertEqualExc('IntelHex base error', IntelHexError(msg=''))
 
     def test_HexReaderError(self):
         self.assertEqualExc('Hex reader base error', HexReaderError())