I understand that the new visual indicators can be disabled, but we shouldn't have to choose between guaranteed 50% longer backtraces and pertinent column information.
Often, the visual indicator spans the entire line for a large percentage of the backtrace. (I've seen cases in our app where it's true for 100% of the backtrace.)
Proposal: elide the indicators when they span the whole line
Elide traceback column indicators when the entire line of the frame is implicated. This reduces traceback length and draws more attention to the remaining (very relevant) indicators.
before:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "query.py", line 99, in <module>
bar()
^^^^^
File "query.py", line 66, in bar
foo()
^^^^^
File "query.py", line 37, in foo
magic_arithmetic('foo')
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "query.py", line 18, in magic_arithmetic
return add_counts(x) / 25
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "query.py", line 24, in add_counts
return 25 + query_user(user1) + query_user(user2)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "query.py", line 32, in query_user
return 1 + query_count(db, response['a']['b']['c']['user'], retry=True)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^
TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not subscriptable
after:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "query.py", line 99, in <module>
bar()
File "query.py", line 66, in bar
foo()
File "query.py", line 37, in foo
magic_arithmetic('foo')
File "query.py", line 18, in magic_arithmetic
return add_counts(x) / 25
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "query.py", line 24, in add_counts
return 25 + query_user(user1) + query_user(user2)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "query.py", line 32, in query_user
return 1 + query_count(db, response['a']['b']['c']['user'], retry=True)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^
TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not subscriptable
I understand that the new visual indicators can be disabled, but we shouldn't have to choose between guaranteed 50% longer backtraces and pertinent column information.
Often, the visual indicator spans the entire line for a large percentage of the backtrace. (I've seen cases in our app where it's true for 100% of the backtrace.)
Proposal: elide the indicators when they span the whole line
Elide traceback column indicators when the entire line of the frame is implicated. This reduces traceback length and draws more attention to the remaining (very relevant) indicators.
before:
after: