/**
* Extract the exception error string from the python interpreter.
*
* This function assumes the gil is acquired. See \ref python_thread_guard.
*
* Code adapted from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1418015/how-to-get-python-exception-text
*/
std::string parse_python_error() {
PyObject *exc,*val,*tb;
PyErr_Fetch(&exc,&val,&tb);
PyErr_NormalizeException(&exc,&val,&tb);
python::handle<> hexc(exc),hval(python::allow_null(val)),htb(python::allow_null(tb));
if(!hval) {
return python::extract<std::string>(python::str(hexc));
}
else {
python::object traceback(python::import("traceback"));
python::object format_exception(traceback.attr("format_exception"));
python::object formatted_list(format_exception(hexc,hval,htb));
python::object formatted(python::str("").join(formatted_list));
return python::extract<std::string>(formatted);
}
}
/// Adapted from http://stackoverflow.com/a/6576177/1689220
std::string pyerr_to_string(void)
{
PyObject *exc, *val, *tb;
bp::object formatted_list, formatted;
PyErr_Fetch(&exc, &val, &tb);
// wrap exception, value, traceback with bp::handle for auto memory management
bp::handle<> hexc(exc), hval(bp::allow_null(val)), htb(bp::allow_null(tb));
// import "traceback" module
bp::object traceback(bp::import("traceback"));
if (!tb) {
bp::object format_exception_only(traceback.attr("format_exception_only"));
formatted_list = format_exception_only(hexc, hval);
} else {
bp::object format_exception(traceback.attr("format_exception"));
formatted_list = format_exception(hexc, hval, htb);
}
formatted = bp::str("\n").join(formatted_list);
return bp::extract<std::string>(formatted);
}
