Stop Python from exiting upon error in Windows

[Robert at AbilitySys.com]

I hear ya. That's what I'm doing at the moment to spot something, but I
wanted to "polish" the program a little...

- Robert

"Conrad" <zneptune321 at zexcite.zcom> wrote in message
news:pan.2003.07.15.03.21.44.980226 at zexcite.zcom...
> Years ago, Nostradamus predicted that on Mon, 14 Jul 2003 20:06:14 -0700,
> Tom Plunket would write, saying:
>
> > Robert wrote:
> >
> >> How can I stop the Python interpreter from exiting when an error
occurs?
> >
> > create a batchfile, tell Windows that the association of Python
> > files is to that batch file, and put this in the file:
> >
> > python.exe %1
> > pause
> >
> >
> > Or- catch the error in your mainline, and do a sys.raw_input()
> > call on exception.
> >
> > -tom!
>
> Or the third, and admittedly brute force solution
> I use is to fire up the DOS shell, (click on START,
> then RUN, then type "command"). Depending on which
> Win you're running, you may want to run DOSKEY,
> which lets you cursor back up to previous commands.
>
> Once you've got the command window up (and doskeyed),
> cd to your python source directory, and type in
> something like *C:\python22\python.exe mypythonfile.py*
> (leave out the *s and be sure python is in the same
> place on your machine.)
>
> This doesn't keep the python interpreter from exiting,
> but it does keep the DOS window open to let you see
> your error messages.
>
> I admit it's ugly, but hey, I mostly develop in
> FreeBSD and Linux, where the CLI is your buddy ;-)
>
> Conrad
>
>