I have a series of nested generators, and I would like to know from the first generator if an exception ocurred in the user code, for the sake of an example, consider the code below:
#############################################################################
def generator():
try:
for i in (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6):
print(f"Generator: {i}.")
yield i
except:
print("Exception handled in generator")
raise
#############################################################################
def intermediary_generator():
try:
gen = generator()
while i := gen.send(None):
print(f"Intermediary generator: {i}.")
yield i
except StopIteration:
pass
except:
print ("Exception handled in intermediary generator")
raise
############################################################################
user_code_generator = intermediary_generator()
try:
while i := user_code_generator.send(None):
print(f"User code generator: {i}.")
if i == 4:
raise Exception("The exception in the user code")
except StopIteration:
pass
except:
print("Exception handled in user code generator")
raise
I need the exception in the user code to propagate down to the intermediary and main generator, I was expecting the following sequence as per the print statements:
Exception handled in generator
Exception handled in intermediary generator
Exception handled in user code generator
But if I execute the code above I do not see the exception handled in the generator or intermediary generator.
I think I will answer my own question, the throw method of a generator does exactly what I need, which is propagating the exception in the user code down to the main generator.
#############################################################################
def generator():
try:
for i in (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6):
print(f"Generator: {i}.")
yield i
except:
print("Exception handled in generator")
raise
#############################################################################
def intermediary_generator():
try:
gen = generator()
while i := gen.send(None):
print(f"Intermediary generator: {i}.")
yield i
except StopIteration:
print("Stop iteration in intermediary generator")
except Exception as exc:
print ("Exception handled in intermediary generator")
gen.throw(exc)
raise
############################################################################
user_code_generator = intermediary_generator()
try:
while i := user_code_generator.send(None):
print(f"User code generator: {i}.")
if i == 4:
raise Exception("The exception in the user code")
except StopIteration:
pass
except Exception as exc:
print("Exception handled in user code generator")
user_code_generator.throw(exc)
raise
And the output:
Generator: 1.
Intermediary generator: 1.
User code generator: 1.
Generator: 2.
Intermediary generator: 2.
User code generator: 2.
Generator: 3.
Intermediary generator: 3.
User code generator: 3.
Generator: 4.
Intermediary generator: 4.
User code generator: 4.
Exception handled in user code generator
Exception handled in intermediary generator
Exception handled in generator
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 39, in <module>
File "<string>", line 25, in intermediary_generator
File "<string>", line 9, in generator
File "<string>", line 20, in intermediary_generator
File "<string>", line 34, in <module>
Exception: The exception in the user code