tracebacks in embedded python

Re: tracebacks in embedded python

[email protected] e (Mike Müller) writes:
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> When I embed Python into C there is no traceback message on the screen
> after an uncaught exception. Using sys.exc_info() I can print may own
> traceback but I would need to insert try except statements at
> different places. Is there a way to "turn on" traceback writing to
> std.err (that also shows up at the screen)?[/color]

You should check the return value of the Python API call for failure.
Most functions return NULL or -1 on error.
Then you call PyErr_Print().

Thomas