Example on how to print a traceback and ignore low-level calls.

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see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31949760

Example on how to print a traceback and ignore low-level calls.

main.py

# used for tracebacks
__mycode = True

from mycode import main

main()

mycode.py

# used for tracebacks
__mycode = True


import sys

def handle_exception(exc_type, exc_info, tb):
  import traceback
  length = mycode_traceback_levels(tb)
  print ''.join(traceback.format_exception(exc_type, exc_info, tb, length))

def is_mycode(tb):
  # returns True if the top frame is part of my code.
  globals = tb.tb_frame.f_globals
  return globals.has_key('__mycode')

def mycode_traceback_levels(tb):
  # counts how many frames are part of my code.
  length = 0
  while tb and is_mycode(tb):
    length += 1
    tb = tb.tb_next
  return length

# handle all unhandled exceptions
sys.excepthook = handle_exception


from thirdparty import work

def main():
  work()

thirdparty.py

def subwork():
  1 / 0

def work():
  subwork()