From e3d05ab0e736a570c2787768099abb044ca101d6 2015-03-25 15:18:25
From: Jason Grout <jgrout6@bloomberg.net>
Date: 2015-03-25 15:18:25
Subject: [PATCH] Simplify error handling for errors in sending sync messages from js

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diff --git a/IPython/html/static/widgets/js/widget.js b/IPython/html/static/widgets/js/widget.js
index fdd99e4..8a689fe 100644
--- a/IPython/html/static/widgets/js/widget.js
+++ b/IPython/html/static/widgets/js/widget.js
@@ -396,11 +396,10 @@ define(["widgets/js/manager",
                     }
                 }
                 that.comm.send({method: 'backbone', sync_data: state, buffer_keys: buffer_keys}, callbacks, {}, buffers);
-            }).catch(utils.reject("Couldn't send widget sync message", true))
-                .catch(function(error) {
-                    that.pending_msgs--;
-                    return error;
-                });
+            }).catch(function(error) {
+                that.pending_msgs--;
+                return (utils.reject("Couldn't send widget sync message", true))(error);
+            });
         },
         
         serialize: function(model, attrs) {