Launch an IPython shell on exception

Question

Is there a way to launch an IPython shell or prompt when my program runs a line that raises an exception?

I\'m mostly interested in the context, variables, in the sc

Answer 1

You can do something like the following:

import sys
from IPython.Shell import IPShellEmbed
ipshell = IPShellEmbed()

def excepthook(type, value, traceback):
    ipshell()

sys.excepthook = excepthook

See sys.excepthook and Embedding IPython.