def METHOD_NAME(exception, message, end=": "):  # type: ignore[no-untyped-def]
    """Prepends the first argument (i.e., the exception message) of the a BaseException with the provided message.
    Useful for reraising exceptions with additional information.
    :param BaseException exception: the exception to prepend
    :param str message: the message to prepend
    :param str end: the separator to add to the end of the provided message
    :returns: the exception
    """
    exception.args = exception.args or ("",)
    exception.args = (message + end + exception.args[0],) + exception.args[1:]
    return exception