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Antonia Cobo
Antonia Cobo

Reputation: 27

Windows console prompt doesn't show up after an unhandled exception

Feeling really stupid right now. I opened a python file in my Windows console and the file raised an error (such as TypeError, AttributeError, etc.) and the console won't work anymore so I have to close it and open a new window everytime I get an error. There should be a shortcut or something to exit but Ctrl+C doesn't work. I have Windows 10 and Python 3.6.

When I run my file in the console happens this:

C:\Users\...path...>python my_file.py

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\...path...\my_file.py", line 74, 
  ...stuff...
AttributeError: my error

And after this I can't do anything. If someone could help.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 411

Answers (2)

ivan_pozdeev
ivan_pozdeev

Reputation: 35986

On an unhandled exception, a Python program normally quits, and you get the console prompt back. If yours doesn't, it means that it hangs instead.

If Ctrl-C doesn't work, you can force-kill a Windows console program with Ctrl-Break.

But you really should find out why it hangs, as it's not normal. My guess is you're swallowing all exceptions somewhere, e.g. with an unqualified except: which is strongly discouraged exactly for this reason.

Upvotes: 1

Taohidul Islam
Taohidul Islam

Reputation: 5404

May be because of bug/error your program become freeze. Please try to use exception handling. An example : 

try:
    your_codes()
except Exception as ex:
    print(ex)

This is just an example of exception handling. You can do it in much better (but complicated!) approach. You can read this doc.

Upvotes: 0

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