Make exception logging failures more robust

[mudpy.git] / lib / mudpy / misc.py

diff --git a/lib/mudpy/misc.py b/lib/mudpy/misc.py
index 7e8e612..02db563 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/mudpy/misc.py
+++ b/lib/mudpy/misc.py
@@ -2230,8 +2230,9 @@ def command_show(actor, parameters):
         else:
             try:
                 message = repr(eval(" ".join(arguments[1:])))
-            except:
-                message = "Your expression raised an exception!"
+            except Exception as e:
+                message = ("$(red)Your expression raised an exception...$(eol)"
+                           "$(eol)$(bld)%s$(nrm)" % e)
     elif arguments[0] == "log":
         if len(arguments) == 4:
             if re.match("^\d+$", arguments[3]) and int(arguments[3]) >= 0:
@@ -2462,14 +2463,9 @@ def excepthook(excepttype, value, tracebackdata):
     # try to log it, if possible
     try:
         log(message, 9)
-    except:
-        pass
-
-    # try to write it to stderr, if possible
-    try:
-        sys.stderr.write(message)
-    except:
-        pass
+    except Exception as e:
+        # try to write it to stderr, if possible
+        sys.stderr.write(message + "\nException while logging...\n%s" % e)
 
 
 def sighook(what, where):