[IPython-dev] [Ipython-svndiff] 2717 - improve callable alias inspection

[Gael Varoquaux]

On Thu, Sep 06, 2007 at 07:06:08PM +0300, Ville M. Vainio wrote:
> In my experience, when a completer raises an exception that is
> supressed, it won't work. The only difference between a completer that
> shows the exception and completer that doesn't is the fact that if the
> exception is shown, the user will know there is a bug - otherwise, the
> user will be left scratching their heads wondering why they won't get
> any completions.

No completion at all ? Not even a partial one. In this case there should
be a small, one line, error message, and not a full traceback that total
screws my workflow.

Gaël