PyWart: Exception error paths far too verbose

[Ramchandra Apte]

On Wednesday, 16 January 2013 15:23:55 UTC+5:30, Terry Reedy  wrote:
> On 1/16/2013 12:59 AM, Rick Johnson wrote:
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> > Python needs to trim the path to the source file from which the
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> > exception was caught and only display the relative path starting from
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> > your personal library folder.
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> > For example. Say your personal library exists in:
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> > C:\users\user\documents\python\lib
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> > ...then there is no need to post THAT portion of the path EVERY
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> > STINKING TIME! For instance, let's say a script at:
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> > C:\users\user\documents\python\lib\sound\effects\echo.py
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> >
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> > ...throws an error. What will we see?
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> >
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> > Traceback (most recent call last): File
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> > "C:\users\user\documents\python\lib\sound\effects\echo.py", line N,
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> > in BLAH
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> >
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> > Why do i need to see "C:\users\user\documents\python\lib" EVERY
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> > time?
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> > Since all directories *BELOW* the directory that holds your personal
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> > Python library are /superfluous/ when posting exceptions to stderr,
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> > trimming this bloat can really help to make exception messages easier
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> > to read.
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> >
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> > Traceback (most recent call last): File
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> > "...\sound\effects\reverb.py", line XXX, in YYY
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> I agree with the complaint and you may have the germ of a good idea. The 
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> problem is that for some tracebacks, paths jump all over the place 
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> rather than having a common prefix. Dealing with this might require 
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> preprocessing the entire traceback before iterating and printing each item.
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> Are you are aware of
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> '''
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> sys.excepthook(type, value, traceback)
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>      This function prints out a given traceback and exception to sys.stderr.
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>      When an exception is raised and uncaught, the interpreter calls 
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> sys.excepthook with three arguments, the exception class, exception 
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> instance, and a traceback object. In an interactive session this happens 
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> just before control is returned to the prompt; in a Python program this 
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> happens just before the program exits. The handling of such top-level 
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> exceptions can be customized by assigning another three-argument 
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> function to sys.excepthook.
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> '''
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> This is how some apps and environments customize exception reporting 
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> (and logging). I believe some people also put a replacement in their 
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> site module.
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>  >>> import sys; sys.excepthook
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> <built-in function excepthook>
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> I expect the default, excepthook, is something like
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> def excepthook(typ, value, traceback):
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>      print('Traceback (most recent call last):', file=sys.stderr)
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>      for item in traceback:
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>          print(format_tb_item(item), file=sys.stderr)
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>      print('{}: {}'.format(typ.__name__, value), file=sys.stderr)
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> (or the equivalent with sys.stderr.write)
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> What you want to change is format_tb_item (possibly, as I said, after 
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> scanning traceback before the print loop). If you come up with something 
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> nice, I would like to see it.
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> The only thing special that IDLE does now is to color the text red. I 
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> should sometime see how that is done. (Being able to doubleclick on an 
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> item and have IDLE open an edit window at the specified line would be 
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> really nice!)
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> -- 
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> Terry Jan Reedy

Right-click the file in the traceback and there is an "Go to file/line" option.