Examples

As a context manager - the stdlib traceback module is monkey patched:

>>> import sys
>>> import traceback
>>> import xtraceback
>>>
>>> def some_func():
...     some_var = 2*2
...     raise Exception("exc")
>>>
>>> with xtraceback.StdlibCompat():
...     try:
...         some_func()
...     except:
...         traceback.print_exc(file=sys.stdout) #doctest: +ELLIPSIS +REPORT_NDIFF
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<doctest README.rst[...]>", line 3, in <module>
    1 with xtraceback.StdlibCompat():
    2     try:
--> 3         some_func()
              g:some_func = <function some_func at 0x...>
              g:sys = <module 'sys' (built-in)>
              g:traceback = <module 'traceback' from='<stdlib>/traceback.pyc'>
              g:xtraceback = <package 'xtraceback' from='xtraceback'>
    4     except:
    5         traceback.print_exc(file=sys.stdout) #doctest: +ELLIPSIS +REPORT_NDIFF
  File "<doctest README.rst[...]>", line 3, in some_func
    1 def some_func():
    2     some_var = 2*2
--> 3     raise Exception("exc")
          some_var = 4
Exception: exc

As a sys.excepthook:

>>> xtraceback.compat.install_sys_excepthook()
>>> print sys.excepthook #doctest: +ELLIPSIS
<bound method StdlibCompat.print_exception of <xtraceback.stdlibcompat.StdlibCompat object at 0x...>>
>>> raise Exception("exc") #doctest: +ELLIPSIS
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdlib>/doctest.py", line 1231, in __run
    compileflags, 1) in test.globs
  File "<doctest README.rst[...]>", line 1, in <module>
    raise Exception("exc") #doctest: +ELLIPSIS
Exception: exc

By itself:

>>> try:
...     raise Exception("exc")
... except:
...     print xtraceback.XTraceback(*sys.exc_info(), color=False) #doctest: +ELLIPSIS
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<doctest README.rst[...]>", line 2, in <module>
    1 try:
--> 2     raise Exception("exc")
          g:some_func = <function some_func at 0x...>
          g:sys = <module 'sys' (built-in)>
          g:traceback = <module 'traceback' from='<stdlib>/traceback.pyc'>
          g:xtraceback = <package 'xtraceback' from='xtraceback'>
    3 except:
    4     print xtraceback.XTraceback(*sys.exc_info(), color=False) #doctest: +ELLIPSIS
Exception: exc
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In a sitecustomize module:

import xtraceback
xtraceback.compat.install()

Configuration

For options and their defaults see xtraceback.XTraceback's constructor. When using stdlib compat the xtraceback.StdlibCompat class has a defaults dictionary which should be updated with your overrides - the default instance exists at xtraceback.compat:

xtraceback.compat.defaults.update(option=value[, ...])

Installation

The package is on PyPI:

pip install xtraceback

Syntax highlighting depends on the pygments library:

pip install pygments

Nose plugin

The nose plugin is enabled with the --with-xtraceback flag. See nosetests --help for other options.