def convert_error_to_string()

in teamcity/common.py [0:0]

• 22 lines of code
• 12 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

def convert_error_to_string(err, frames_to_skip_from_tail=None):
    """

    :param frames_to_skip_from_tail: may be int or list of str. In latter case frames with these strings are skipped
    """
    try:
        if hasattr(err, "type") and hasattr(err, "value") and hasattr(err, "tb"):
            exctype, value, tb = err.type, err.value, err.tb
        else:
            exctype, value, tb = err
        trace = traceback.format_exception(exctype, value, tb)
        if frames_to_skip_from_tail:
            if isinstance(frames_to_skip_from_tail, list):
                new_trace = []
                for line in trace:
                    if len([w for w in frames_to_skip_from_tail if w in line]) > 0:
                        continue
                    else:
                        new_trace += line
                trace = new_trace
            if isinstance(frames_to_skip_from_tail, int):
                trace = trace[:-frames_to_skip_from_tail]
        return ''.join(trace)
    except Exception:
        tb = traceback.format_exc()
        return "*FAILED TO GET TRACEBACK*: " + tb