Am 28.05.2012 03:55, schrieb terry.reedy:

http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/4a7582866735 changeset: 77195:4a7582866735 branch: 3.2 parent: 77189:6737c2ca98ee user: Terry Jan Reedy date: Sun May 27 21:29:17 2012 -0400 summary: Issue12510: Attempting to get invalid tooltip no longer closes Idle. Original patch by Roger Serwy.

files: Lib/idlelib/CallTips.py | 9 ++++++--- Misc/NEWS | 3 +++ 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/CallTips.py b/Lib/idlelib/CallTips.py --- a/Lib/idlelib/CallTips.py +++ b/Lib/idlelib/CallTips.py @@ -110,7 +110,9 @@ namespace.update(__main__.__dict__) try: return eval(name, namespace) - except (NameError, AttributeError): + # any exception is possible if evalfuncs True in open_calltip + # at least Syntax, Name, Attribute, Index, and Key E. if not

Is something missing here? The comment text seems cut off.

+ except: return None

"except Exception" may be better here. Georg