Re: python.el, shell-send-region and exception handling

[Daniel Pimentel <d4n1@openmailbox.org>]

On 2015-01-17 22:31, fgallina@gnu.org wrote:
> Yuri D'Elia <wavexx@thregr.org> writes:
> 
>> Is there a way to have python-shell-send-region (and friends) to 
>> detect
>> uncaught exceptions at the python prompt?
>> 
>> I would like to be notified somehow of python exceptions either in the
>> minibuffer or by splitting the window and showing python's output.
>> Currently, uncaught exceptions simply go unnoticed if you don't have 
>> the
>> output buffer visible.
>> 
>> This is done currently in python-mode.el, but I couldn't find an
>> alternative in python.el.
>> 
>> If I wanted to implement such a feature, how would you suggest to
>> implement it?
>> 
>> Thanks.
>> 
> Hi Yuri,
> 
> A simple way to achieve this would be to create a comint output filter
> function.  The `python-pdbtrack-comint-output-filter-function` is a 
> nice
> guide to start.  You would check with a regexp for the occurrence of an
> exception and act accordingly.
> 
> I plan to add this to python.el.  If you'd like your implementation to
> be considered feel free to propose it, otherwise expect my approach to
> land in the next few weeks.
> 
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Fabi�n
Thank you for it.
-- 
Daniel Pimentel (d4n1)