method: test.TerminalSession.repr_failure_explanation

*Not documented*

    def repr_failure_explanation(self, excinfo, source):

origin: test.TerminalSession

where:

self :: <Instance of Class TerminalSession>
excinfo :: <Instance of Class ExceptionInfo>
source :: <Instance of Class Source>
return value :: <None>

function source:

def repr_failure_explanation(self, excinfo, source): 
    try: 
        s = str(source.getstatement(len(source)-1))
    except KeyboardInterrupt: 
        raise 
    except: 
        s = str(source[-1])
    indent = " " * (4 + (len(s) - len(s.lstrip())))
    # get the real exception information out 
    lines = excinfo.exconly(tryshort=True).split('\n') 
    self.out.line('>' + indent[:-1] + lines.pop(0)) 
    for x in lines: 
        self.out.line(indent + x) 
    return

    # XXX reinstate the following with a --magic option? 
    # the following line gets user-supplied messages (e.g.
    # for "assert 0, 'custom message'")
    msg = getattr(getattr(excinfo, 'value', ''), 'msg', '') 
    info = None
    if not msg: 
        special = excinfo.errisinstance((SyntaxError, SystemExit, KeyboardInterrupt))
        if not self.config.option.nomagic and not special: 
            try: 
                info = excinfo.traceback[-1].reinterpret() # very detailed info
            except KeyboardInterrupt:
                raise
            except:
                if self.config.option.verbose >= 1:
                    self.out.line("[reinterpretation traceback]")
                    py.std.traceback.print_exc(file=py.std.sys.stdout)
                else:
                    self.out.line("[reinterpretation failed, increase "
                                  "verbosity to see details]")
    # print reinterpreted info if any 
    if info: 
        lines = info.split('\n') 
        self.out.line('>' + indent[:-1] + lines.pop(0)) 
        for x in lines: 
            self.out.line(indent + x)