How do I set sys.excepthook to invoke pdb globally in python?

Question

From Python docs:

sys.excepthook(type, value, traceback)

This function prints out a given traceback and exception to sy

Answer 1

Try:

import pdb
import sys

def excepthook(type, value, traceback):
    pdb.post_mortem(traceback)

excepthook.old = sys.excepthook
sys.excepthook = excepthook

def raise_exception():
    raise_exception()

raise_exception()