Emergency/postmortem Python console
Installation from PyPI:
pip install python-exconsole
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Quick start:
import exconsole exconsole.register() do_dangerous_stuff()
Console can be invoked by sending SIGQUIT or just pressing Ctrl-\
Example of work:
Activating emergency console ---------------------------- Caused by: ZeroDivisionError integer division or modulo by zero Stack frames: [ 0] example.py:17 [ 1] example.py:15 Tester().test() [ 2] example.py:9 self.inner() [ 3] example.py:6 self.divide(2, 0) > [ 4] example.py:3 return a / b On frame 4 Source: def divide(self, a, b): >> return a / b Press Ctrl-D to leave console Type "_help()"" for built-in commands >>> print a,b 2 0 >>> _f(3) On frame 3 Source: def inner(self): >> self.divide(2, 0) >>> print self <__main__.Tester instance at 0x7f67c9a0e440>