[py-svn] r56985 - py/branch/event/py/code

[hpk at codespeak.net]

Author: hpk
Date: Mon Aug  4 23:13:16 2008
New Revision: 56985

Modified:
   py/branch/event/py/code/excinfo.py
Log:
explicit keyword args 


Modified: py/branch/event/py/code/excinfo.py
==============================================================================
--- py/branch/event/py/code/excinfo.py	(original)
+++ py/branch/event/py/code/excinfo.py	Mon Aug  4 23:13:16 2008
@@ -52,8 +52,12 @@
         formatter.repr_tb(self)
         return formatter
 
-    def format(self, **kwargs):
-        repr = self._formatrepr(**kwargs)
+    def format(self, showlocals=False, style="long"):
+        """ format exception info into string. 
+            showlocals: show locals per traceback entry 
+            style: long|short|no traceback style 
+        """
+        repr = self._formatrepr(showlocals=showlocals, style=style)
         tw = py.io.TerminalWriter()
         repr.writeterminal(tw)
         return tw.stringio.getvalue()