import py import sys, os.path builtin_repr = repr reprlib = py.builtin._tryimport('repr', 'reprlib') class SafeRepr(reprlib.Repr): """ subclass of repr.Repr that limits the resulting size of repr() and includes information on exceptions raised during the call. """ def repr(self, x): return self._callhelper(reprlib.Repr.repr, self, x) def repr_instance(self, x, level): return self._callhelper(builtin_repr, x) def _callhelper(self, call, x, *args): try: # Try the vanilla repr and make sure that the result is a string s = call(x, *args) except py.builtin._sysex: raise except: cls, e, tb = sys.exc_info() exc_name = getattr(cls, '__name__', 'unknown') try: exc_info = str(e) except sysex: raise except: exc_info = 'unknown' return '<[%s("%s") raised in repr()] %s object at 0x%x>' % ( exc_name, exc_info, x.__class__.__name__, id(x)) else: if len(s) > self.maxsize: i = max(0, (self.maxsize-3)//2) j = max(0, self.maxsize-3-i) s = s[:i] + '...' + s[len(s)-j:] return s def saferepr(obj, maxsize=240): """ return a size-limited safe repr-string for the given object. Failing __repr__ functions of user instances will be represented with a short exception info and 'saferepr' generally takes care to never raise exceptions itself. This function is a wrapper around the Repr/reprlib functionality of the standard 2.6 lib. """ # review exception handling srepr = SafeRepr() srepr.maxstring = maxsize srepr.maxsize = maxsize srepr.maxother = 160 return srepr.repr(obj)