From d5548fa4ae0857e28569289b5cafdf55bb0a3eff 2011-10-14 22:39:50
From: MinRK <benjaminrk@gmail.com>
Date: 2011-10-14 22:39:50
Subject: [PATCH] prevent atexit handlers from generating crash report

register `sys.excepthook = sys.__excepthook__` with atexit on aplication startup,
so it should be the first handler called.  This removes the crash handler.

closes #207

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diff --git a/IPython/core/application.py b/IPython/core/application.py
index 7d6e4bc..5679aa7 100644
--- a/IPython/core/application.py
+++ b/IPython/core/application.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Authors:
 # Imports
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+import atexit
 import glob
 import logging
 import os
@@ -156,6 +157,9 @@ class BaseIPythonApplication(Application):
         """Create a crash handler, typically setting sys.excepthook to it."""
         self.crash_handler = self.crash_handler_class(self)
         sys.excepthook = self.crash_handler
+        def unset_crashhandler():
+            sys.excepthook = sys.__excepthook__
+        atexit.register(unset_crashhandler)
 
     def _ipython_dir_changed(self, name, old, new):
         if old in sys.path: