traceback from a warning

python warnings traceback
codeKiller picture codeKiller · Jul 1, 2014 · Viewed 10k times · Source

I have a code which, at some point shows a warning, I think that it is having a problem calculating a mean()

I would like to know if there is any way to force python to tell me where, or which line, or whatever more information than just this message:

C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\numpy\core\_methods.py:55: RuntimeWarning: Mean of empty slice.
  warnings.warn("Mean of empty slice.", RuntimeWarning)
C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\numpy\core\_methods.py:79: RuntimeWarning: Degrees of freedom <= 0 for slice
  warnings.warn("Degrees of freedom <= 0 for slice", RuntimeWarning)

I do not know if it is possible to "catch" a warning.....If I have any error, usually I am using traceback package:

import traceback

And then I usually do:

try:
    #something
except:
    print traceback.format_exc()

Answer

Martijn Pieters picture Martijn Pieters · Jul 1, 2014

You can turn warnings into exceptions:

import warnings

warnings.simplefilter("error")

Now instead of printing a warning, an exception will be raised, giving you a traceback.

You can get the same effect with the -W command line switch:

$ python -W error somescript.py

or by setting the PYTHONWARNINGS environment variable:

$ export PYTHONWARNINGS=error

You can play with the other warnings.simplefilter() arguments to be more specific about what warning should raise an exception. You could filter on warnings.RuntimeWarning and a line number, for example.

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