Feature Request: Current time in traceback

[Thomas Guettler]

Hi,

I think it would be good, if the current time
would be in the traceback.

This would make it easier to read logfiles with
tracebacks of python scripts.

I know that I can write a custom exception handler,
but why not make it the default?

Regards,
Thomas

[Peter Hansen]

Thomas Guettler wrote:

I think it would be good, if the current time
would be in the traceback.

This would make it easier to read logfiles with
tracebacks of python scripts.

I know that I can write a custom exception handler,
but why not make it the default?

Two thoughts on why not:

1. Most loggers already write the timestamp before *anything*
that is written, so this would be duplicated information.
(Actually, I'm curious what logfile you have that *doesn't*
have this info already.)

2. This is the first time I've heard anyone suggest that
it's a common use case to actually want the traceback
to contain a timestamp. I think normally tracebacks are
examined immediately when a human is present. When they
are logged and it might be important to know the time, see 1.

-Peter

[Jeff Epler]

In your application, you can use a top-level exception handler or
set sys.excepthook to override the default way that exceptions are
displayed. One example of this (which formats exceptions as HTML) is
the standard module "cgitb".

Jeff

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