Re: [pygame] IDLE crashes on error?

[Kris Schnee <kschnee@xxxxxxxxxx>]

morgan@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> Python/Pygame newbie here. Really liking it so far, but I've resorted to 
> using Notepad. It seems like any time I execute code with errors in it 
> --  simple syntax errors, not endless while loops or anything -- IDLE 
> freezes. Also, and I don't know if this is related, but sys.exit() 
> doesn't actually close my windows when I'm running things from IDLE. 
> They just freeze.
>
> IDLE version 1.1.3, Python version 2.4.3, any help/advice appreciated.
>
> -Morgan

I've actually had little trouble with IDLE, and usually use it for 
testing. (On WinXP.) Simple errors like syntax errors don't freeze IDLE; 
instead it just prints a red error message. This can be a problem 
occasionally with Pygame programs, because the graphics window obscures 
the console window and prevents me from seeing that message. So, for 
testing I try to avoid using fullscreen, and place the window where I 
can see any error message.

Another thing you can try is to put a "raise" statement (eg. 'raise "An 
error!"') or breakpoint (some funky key combination), or a try/except block.

try:
	print "forty-two" + 42
except:
	print "Hmm, I'm too strongly-typed to do that."


Kris