Merge pull request #7743 from quantopian/gotta-not-catch-em-all

DEV: Add toggles for reraising failures during extension loading

IPython/core/shellapp.py

@@ -139,7 +139,13 b' class InteractiveShellApp(Configurable):'
     extra_extension = Unicode('', config=True,
         help="dotted module name of an IPython extension to load."
     )
-    
+
+    reraise_ipython_extension_failures = Bool(
+        False,
+        config=True,
+        help="Reraise exceptions encountered loading IPython extensions?",
+    )
+
     # Extensions that are always loaded (not configurable)
     default_extensions = List(Unicode, [u'storemagic'], config=False)
     
@@ -259,6 +265,8 b' class InteractiveShellApp(Configurable):'
                     self.log.info("Loading IPython extension: %s" % ext)
                     self.shell.extension_manager.load_extension(ext)
                 except:
+                    if self.reraise_ipython_extension_failures:
+                        raise
                     msg = ("Error in loading extension: {ext}\n"
                            "Check your config files in {location}".format(
                                ext=ext,
@@ -266,6 +274,8 b' class InteractiveShellApp(Configurable):'
                            ))
                     self.log.warn(msg, exc_info=True)
         except:
+            if self.reraise_ipython_extension_failures:
+                raise
             self.log.warn("Unknown error in loading extensions:", exc_info=True)
 
     def init_code(self):

IPython/html/notebookapp.py

@@ -751,6 +751,12 b' class NotebookApp(BaseIPythonApplication):'
               "This is an experimental API, and may change in future releases.")
     )
 
+    reraise_server_extension_failures = Bool(
+        False,
+        config=True,
+        help="Reraise exceptions encountered loading server extensions?",
+    )
+
     def parse_command_line(self, argv=None):
         super(NotebookApp, self).parse_command_line(argv)
         
@@ -984,6 +990,8 b' class NotebookApp(BaseIPythonApplication):'
                 if func is not None:
                     func(self)
             except Exception:
+                if self.reraise_server_extension_failures:
+                    raise
                 self.log.warn("Error loading server extension %s", modulename,
                               exc_info=True)