Do you find long python error tracebacks annoying? Personally, they make me painfully aware of the fact that I don't know what I'm doing. And while that is certainly the case, sometimes I'd like that news to be delivered to me in a nicer way. For that, there is error_cat.
pip install error_cat
error_cat python <name of your favorite python script>.py
If <name of your favorite python script>.py runs successfully, you will see a fun, reassuring message from error_cat:
________________________
/ \
| Everything worked! |
\ ______________________/
/ /
,_ _ / /
|\\_,-~/ /'
/ _ _ | ,--.
( @ @ ) / ,-'
\ _T_/-._( (
/ `. \
| _ \ |
\ \ , / |
|| |-_\__ /
((_/`(____,-'
On the other hand, if <name of your favorite python script>.py produces an error, error_cat will break the news to you. Here is an example script that will lead to an error:
fake_error.py
def func():
func2()
def func2():
print(5 + "5")
func()Here is what error_cat will tell you:
$ error_cat python fake_error.py
_________________________________________________________________
/ \
| File "fake_error.py", line 5, in func2 |
| TypeError: unsupported operand types for +: 'int' and 'str' |
\ _______________________________________________________________/
/ /
,_ _ / /
|\\_,-~/ /'
/ _ _ | ,--.
( @ @ ) / ,-'
\ _T_/-._( (
/ `. \
| _ \ |
\ \ , / |
|| |-_\__ /
((_/`(____,-'
All ascii artwork is from the ASCII Art Archive. Individual artworks are credited to the artist (if known) in the comments of error_cat/characters.py. A big thank you to the following artists whose art has been incorporated into error_cat:
- Morfina
- Joan G. Stark