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26 '''Debugging utilities.'''
34 def excepthook(type, value, tb):
36 Automatically start the debugger on an exception.
39 - http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/65287
42 if hasattr(sys, 'ps1') \
43 or not (sys.stdin.isatty() and sys.stdout.isatty() and sys.stderr.isatty()) \
44 or type == SyntaxError or type == KeyboardInterrupt:
45 # we are in interactive mode or we don't have a tty-like
46 # device, so we call the default hook
47 oldexcepthook(type, value, tb)
50 # we are NOT in interactive mode, print the exception...
51 traceback.print_exception(type, value, tb)
53 # ...then start the debugger in post-mortem mode.
56 oldexcepthook, sys.excepthook = sys.excepthook, excepthook
60 sys.stderr.write(repr(var) + '\n')