Overriding traceback print_exc()?

[Bob Greschke]

I want to cause any traceback output from my applications to show up in one
of my dialog boxes, instead of in the command or terminal window (between
running on Solaris, Linux, OSX and Windows systems there might not be any
command window or terminal window to show the traceback messages in). Do I
want to do something like override the print_exc (or format_exc?) method of
traceback to get the text of the message and call my dialog box routine? If
that is right how do I do that (monkeying with classes is all still a grey
area to me)?

I kind of understand using the traceback module to alter the output of
exceptions that I am looking for, but I'm after those pesky ones that should
never happen. :)

Thanks!

Bob

[Fredrik Lundh]

Re: Overriding traceback print_exc()?

Bob Greschke wrote:

I want to cause any traceback output from my applications to show up in one
of my dialog boxes, instead of in the command or terminal window (between
running on Solaris, Linux, OSX and Windows systems there might not be any
command window or terminal window to show the traceback messages in). Do I
want to do something like override the print_exc (or format_exc?) method of
traceback to get the text of the message and call my dialog box routine?

one way to do that is to put a big try/except around your main program,
and display the dialogue box in the except clause:

import traceback

def main():
raise RuntimeError("o ops!")

try:
main()
except (KeyboardInterr upt, SystemExit):
raise
except:
print "ERROR", repr(traceback. format_exc())

another approach is to install an exit-handler that uses last_traceback
and friends to generate a traceback:

import atexit, traceback, sys

def postmortem():
if hasattr(sys, "last_traceback "):
print "ERROR", repr(traceback. format_exceptio n(
sys.last_type, sys.last_value, sys.last_traceb ack
))

atexit.register (postmortem)

def main():
raise RuntimeError("o ops!")

main()

the latter is less intrusive, and can be squirreled away in a support
module. also, the original exception is still reported to the console,
as usual.

</F>

[dakman@gmail.com]

Re: Overriding traceback print_exc()?

You could always override sys.stderr with a instance of your own with a
write() method. Though you will still have to catch the exceptions.

Bob Greschke wrote:

I want to cause any traceback output from my applications to show up in one
of my dialog boxes, instead of in the command or terminal window (between
running on Solaris, Linux, OSX and Windows systems there might not be any
command window or terminal window to show the traceback messages in). Do I
want to do something like override the print_exc (or format_exc?) method of
traceback to get the text of the message and call my dialog box routine? If
that is right how do I do that (monkeying with classes is all still a grey
area to me)?
>
I kind of understand using the traceback module to alter the output of
exceptions that I am looking for, but I'm after those pesky ones that should
never happen. :)
>
Thanks!
>
Bob

[Ziga Seilnacht]

Re: Overriding traceback print_exc()?

Bob Greschke wrote:

I want to cause any traceback output from my applications to show up in one
of my dialog boxes, instead of in the command or terminal window (between
running on Solaris, Linux, OSX and Windows systems there might not be any
command window or terminal window to show the traceback messages in). Do I
want to do something like override the print_exc (or format_exc?) method of
traceback to get the text of the message and call my dialog box routine? If
that is right how do I do that (monkeying with classes is all still a grey
area to me)?

You can overwrite the sys.exepthook() with your own function:


import sys
from traceback import format_exceptio n

def my_excepthook(e xctype, value, traceback):
details = "".join(format_ exception(excty pe, value, traceback))
# now show the details in your dialog box

sys.excepthook = my_excepthook


See the documentation for details:

http://docs.python.org/lib/module-sys.html#l2h-5125

Hope this helps,
Ziga

[draghuram@gmail.com]

Re: Overriding traceback print_exc()?

I usually have a function like this:

def get_excinfo_str ():
"""return exception stack trace as a string"""

(exc_type, exc_value, exc_traceback) = sys.exc_info()
formatted_excin fo = traceback.forma t_exception(exc _type, exc_value,
exc_traceback)
excinfo_str = "".join(formatt ed_excinfo)

del exc_type
del exc_value
del exc_traceback

return(excinfo_ str)


I can then call it from within "except" and print it to a log file.

Raghu.

Bob Greschke wrote:

I want to cause any traceback output from my applications to show up in one
of my dialog boxes, instead of in the command or terminal window (between
running on Solaris, Linux, OSX and Windows systems there might not be any
command window or terminal window to show the traceback messages in). Do I
want to do something like override the print_exc (or format_exc?) method of
traceback to get the text of the message and call my dialog box routine? If
that is right how do I do that (monkeying with classes is all still a grey
area to me)?
>
I kind of understand using the traceback module to alter the output of
exceptions that I am looking for, but I'm after those pesky ones that should
never happen. :)
>
Thanks!
>
Bob

[Scott David Daniels]

Re: Overriding traceback print_exc()?

draghuram@gmail .com wrote:

I usually have a function like this:
>
def get_excinfo_str ():
"""return exception stack trace as a string"""
(exc_type, exc_value, exc_traceback) = sys.exc_info()

The parens here can be skipped:
exc_type, exc_value, exc_traceback = sys.exc_info()

formatted_excin fo = traceback.forma t_exception(exc _type, exc_value,
exc_traceback)
excinfo_str = "".join(formatt ed_excinfo)

del exc_type
del exc_value
del exc_traceback

The three del lines above don't do anything (the return decrefs the locals).

return(excinfo_ str)

The parens here can be skipped as well:
return excinfo_str
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--Scott David Daniels
scott.daniels@a cm.org