Starting python debugger automatically on error

Question

This is a question I have wondered about for quite some time, yet I have never found a suitable solution. If I run a script and I come across, let\'s say an IndexError, pyth

Answer 1

Ipython has a command for toggling this behavior: %pdb. It does exactly what you described, maybe even a bit more (giving you more informative backtraces with syntax highlighting and code completion). It's definitely worth a try!