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

[Ville M. Vainio]

On 9/6/07, Gael Varoquaux <gael.varoquaux at normalesup.org> wrote:

> 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.

That's would certainly be better than the current "nothing at all",

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