Merge pull request #2339 from bauerj/error-window

Semi-automated crash reporting

lib/util.py

@@ -707,3 +707,29 @@ class QueuePipe:
             self.send(request)
 
 
+
+
+def setup_thread_excepthook():
+    """
+    Workaround for `sys.excepthook` thread bug from:
+    http://bugs.python.org/issue1230540
+
+    Call once from the main thread before creating any threads.
+    """
+
+    init_original = threading.Thread.__init__
+
+    def init(self, *args, **kwargs):
+
+        init_original(self, *args, **kwargs)
+        run_original = self.run
+
+        def run_with_except_hook(*args2, **kwargs2):
+            try:
+                run_original(*args2, **kwargs2)
+            except Exception:
+                sys.excepthook(*sys.exc_info())
+
+        self.run = run_with_except_hook
+
+    threading.Thread.__init__ = init