Add support for BaseException instances as arguments to notice_error

[TimPansino]

Overview

• Add ability to supply an instance of BaseException as an argument to notice_error and have it be unpacked into an exception tuple before processing.
• Add tests to ensure the behavior reports the correct exception even when sys.exc_info() would return a different one.

Related Issues

Rework of #1564

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✅MegaLinter analysis: Success

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Codecov Report

❌ Patch coverage is 60.00000% with 4 lines in your changes missing coverage. Please review.
✅ Project coverage is 81.80%. Comparing base (8d18c0a) to head (4981566).

Files with missing lines	Patch %	Lines
newrelic/core/stats_engine.py	20.00%	2 Missing and 2 partials ⚠️

Additional details and impacted files

@@            Coverage Diff             @@
##             main    #1571      +/-   ##
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- Coverage   81.81%   81.80%   -0.02%     
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  Files         207      207              
  Lines       23953    23957       +4     
  Branches     3799     3801       +2     
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  Hits        19597    19597              
- Misses       3087     3091       +4     
  Partials     1269     1269              

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