[Python-ideas] Verbose traceback formatting

[Steven D'Aprano]

On 29/08/12 08:26, Mike Graham wrote:
> It's possible to give a lot more on error than the default traceback
> gives you. I propose that Python should ship a more verbose formatter
> and a command line switch to use it.

There's no command line switch, but the Time Machine strikes again. Save
your buggy script in a file "foo.py", then start up the interactive
interpreter and run this:


import cgitb
cgitb.enable(format='text')
import foo


Personally, I find the IPython verbose formatter more readable and useful.

To revert to ordinary tracebacks:

sys.excepthook = sys.__excepthook__



-- 
Steven