[Libguestfs] [PATCH nbdkit] python: Try harder to print the full traceback on error.

[Richard W.M. Jones]

On Wed, Aug 08, 2018 at 06:20:16PM +0300, Nir Soffer wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 6:17 PM Richard W.M. Jones <rjones at redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Aug 08, 2018 at 06:08:45PM +0300, Nir Soffer wrote:
> > > Can we simplify this these 2 calls?
> > >
> > >     nbdkit_error ("%s: %s: error", script, callback);
> > >     PyErr_PrintEx (0);
> >
> > No, we want to ensure errors go through the nbdkit_error function so
> > that we can in future implement syslog logging.
> >
> > > In this case we don't to fallback to the simple error print.
> >
> > Do you mean in the case of using PyErr_PrintEx or more generally
> > falling back is a problem?
> >
> 
> Just for PyErr_PrintEx, since it cannot fail.

Got it, thanks.

Thanks for the review, I have pushed it as is with a few
cosmetic changes.  I will file a bug for the backport.

Rich.

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