Re: [Boost-users] [python] intercepting uncaught exceptions

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [python] intercepting uncaught exceptions
From: Dave Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-03-01 13:34:12

On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 1:30 PM, Gennadiy Rozental <rogeeff_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com> writes:
>> This sounds like a general python/C question; the fact that
>> Boost.Python is throwing an exception is a minor detail in the picture
>> that doesn't affect the answer.  You might try asking on the regular
>> Python user's list.
>
> Actually I wondered if Boost.Python doing something to prevent sys.excepthook
> from getting invoked.

I don't even know what that is.

> How does it produce error_already_set?

By looking at the return code of Python functions it calls and
throwing when it sees that there's an error.  I.e., manually.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
BoostPro Computing
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