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IPython/html/static/notebook/js/codecell.js

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 // Copyright (c) IPython Development Team.
 // Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
 /**
  *
  *
  * @module codecell
  * @namespace codecell
  * @class CodeCell
  */
 
 
 define([
     'base/js/namespace',
     'jquery',
     'base/js/utils',
     'base/js/keyboard',
     'services/config',
     'notebook/js/cell',
     'notebook/js/outputarea',
     'notebook/js/completer',
     'notebook/js/celltoolbar',
     'codemirror/lib/codemirror',
     'codemirror/mode/python/python',
     'notebook/js/codemirror-ipython'
 ], function(IPython,
     $,
     utils,
     keyboard,
     configmod,
     cell,
     outputarea,
     completer,
     celltoolbar,
     CodeMirror,
     cmpython,
     cmip
     ) {
     "use strict";
     
     var Cell = cell.Cell;
 
     /* local util for codemirror */
     var posEq = function(a, b) {return a.line === b.line && a.ch === b.ch;};
 
     /**
      *
      * function to delete until previous non blanking space character
      * or first multiple of 4 tabstop.
      * @private
      */
     CodeMirror.commands.delSpaceToPrevTabStop = function(cm){
         var from = cm.getCursor(true), to = cm.getCursor(false), sel = !posEq(from, to);
         if (!posEq(from, to)) { cm.replaceRange("", from, to); return; }
         var cur = cm.getCursor(), line = cm.getLine(cur.line);
         var tabsize = cm.getOption('tabSize');
         var chToPrevTabStop = cur.ch-(Math.ceil(cur.ch/tabsize)-1)*tabsize;
         from = {ch:cur.ch-chToPrevTabStop,line:cur.line};
         var select = cm.getRange(from,cur);
         if( select.match(/^\ +$/) !== null){
             cm.replaceRange("",from,cur);
         } else {
             cm.deleteH(-1,"char");
         }
     };
 
     var keycodes = keyboard.keycodes;
 
     var CodeCell = function (kernel, options) {
         /**
          * Constructor
          *
          * A Cell conceived to write code.
          *
          * Parameters:
          *  kernel: Kernel instance
          *      The kernel doesn't have to be set at creation time, in that case
          *      it will be null and set_kernel has to be called later.
          *  options: dictionary
          *      Dictionary of keyword arguments.
          *          events: $(Events) instance 
          *          config: dictionary
          *          keyboard_manager: KeyboardManager instance 
          *          notebook: Notebook instance
          *          tooltip: Tooltip instance
          */
         this.kernel = kernel || null;
         this.notebook = options.notebook;
         this.collapsed = false;
         this.events = options.events;
         this.tooltip = options.tooltip;
         this.config = options.config;
         this.class_config = new configmod.ConfigWithDefaults(this.config,
                                         CodeCell.config_defaults, 'CodeCell');
 
         // create all attributed in constructor function
         // even if null for V8 VM optimisation
         this.input_prompt_number = null;
         this.celltoolbar = null;
         this.output_area = null;
         // Keep a stack of the 'active' output areas (where active means the 
         // output area that recieves output).  When a user activates an output
         // area, it gets pushed to the stack.  Then, when the output area is
         // deactivated, it's popped from the stack.  When the stack is empty,
         // the cell's output area is used.
         this.active_output_areas = [];
         var that = this;
         Object.defineProperty(this, 'active_output_area', {
             get: function() {
                 if (that.active_output_areas && that.active_output_areas.length > 0) {
                     return that.active_output_areas[that.active_output_areas.length-1];
                 } else {
                     return that.output_area;
                 }
             },
         });
 
         this.last_msg_id = null;
         this.completer = null;
         this.widget_views = [];
         this._widgets_live = true;
 
         Cell.apply(this,[{
             config: $.extend({}, CodeCell.options_default), 
             keyboard_manager: options.keyboard_manager, 
             events: this.events}]);
 
         // Attributes we want to override in this subclass.
         this.cell_type = "code";
         this.element.focusout(
             function() { that.auto_highlight(); }
         );
     };
 
     CodeCell.options_default = {
         cm_config : {
             extraKeys: {
                 "Tab" :  "indentMore",
                 "Shift-Tab" : "indentLess",
                 "Backspace" : "delSpaceToPrevTabStop",
                 "Cmd-/" : "toggleComment",
                 "Ctrl-/" : "toggleComment"
             },
             mode: 'ipython',
             theme: 'ipython',
             matchBrackets: true
         }
     };
 
     CodeCell.config_defaults = {
         highlight_modes : {
             'magic_javascript'    :{'reg':[/^%%javascript/]},
             'magic_perl'          :{'reg':[/^%%perl/]},
             'magic_ruby'          :{'reg':[/^%%ruby/]},
             'magic_python'        :{'reg':[/^%%python3?/]},
             'magic_shell'         :{'reg':[/^%%bash/]},
             'magic_r'             :{'reg':[/^%%R/]},
             'magic_text/x-cython' :{'reg':[/^%%cython/]},
         },
     };
 
     CodeCell.msg_cells = {};
 
     CodeCell.prototype = Object.create(Cell.prototype);
 
     /**
      * @method push_output_area
      */
     CodeCell.prototype.push_output_area = function (output_area) {
         this.active_output_areas.push(output_area);
     };
 
     /**
      * @method pop_output_area
      */
     CodeCell.prototype.pop_output_area = function (output_area) {
         var index = this.active_output_areas.lastIndexOf(output_area);
         if (index > -1) {
             this.active_output_areas.splice(index, 1);
         }
     };
 
     /** @method create_element */
     CodeCell.prototype.create_element = function () {
         Cell.prototype.create_element.apply(this, arguments);
 
         var cell =  $('<div></div>').addClass('cell code_cell');
         cell.attr('tabindex','2');
 
         var input = $('<div></div>').addClass('input');
         var prompt = $('<div/>').addClass('prompt input_prompt');
         var inner_cell = $('<div/>').addClass('inner_cell');
         this.celltoolbar = new celltoolbar.CellToolbar({
             cell: this, 
             notebook: this.notebook});
         inner_cell.append(this.celltoolbar.element);
         var input_area = $('<div/>').addClass('input_area');
         this.code_mirror = new CodeMirror(input_area.get(0), this.cm_config);
         this.code_mirror.on('keydown', $.proxy(this.handle_keyevent,this));
         $(this.code_mirror.getInputField()).attr("spellcheck", "false");
         inner_cell.append(input_area);
         input.append(prompt).append(inner_cell);
 
         var widget_area = $('<div/>')
             .addClass('widget-area')
             .hide();
         this.widget_area = widget_area;
         var widget_prompt = $('<div/>')
             .addClass('prompt')
             .appendTo(widget_area);
         var widget_subarea = $('<div/>')
             .addClass('widget-subarea')
             .appendTo(widget_area);
         this.widget_subarea = widget_subarea;
         var that = this;
         var widget_clear_buton = $('<button />')
             .addClass('close')
             .html('&times;')
             .click(function() {
                 widget_area.slideUp('', function(){ 
                     for (var i = 0; i < that.widget_views.length; i++) {
                         var view = that.widget_views[i];
                         view.remove();
 
                         // Remove widget live events.
                         view.off('comm:live', that._widget_live);
                         view.off('comm:dead', that._widget_dead);
                     }
                     that.widget_views = [];
                     widget_subarea.html(''); 
                 });
             })
             .appendTo(widget_prompt);
 
         var output = $('<div></div>');
         cell.append(input).append(widget_area).append(output);
         this.element = cell;
         this.output_area = new outputarea.OutputArea({
             selector: output, 
             prompt_area: true, 
             events: this.events, 
             keyboard_manager: this.keyboard_manager});
         this.completer = new completer.Completer(this, this.events);
     };
 
     /**
     *  Display a widget view in the cell.
     */
     CodeCell.prototype.display_widget_view = function(view_promise) {
 
         // Display a dummy element
         var dummy = $('<div/>');
         this.widget_subarea.append(dummy);
 
         // Display the view.
         var that = this;
         return view_promise.then(function(view) {
             that.widget_area.show();
             dummy.replaceWith(view.$el);
             that.widget_views.push(view);
 
             // Check the live state of the view's model.
             if (view.model.comm_live) {
                 that._widget_live(view);
             } else {
                 that._widget_dead(view);
             }
 
             // Listen to comm live events for the view.
             view.on('comm:live', that._widget_live, that);
             view.on('comm:dead', that._widget_dead, that);
             return view;
         });
     };
 
     /**
      * Handles when a widget loses it's comm connection.
      * @param  {WidgetView} view
      */
     CodeCell.prototype._widget_dead = function(view) {
         if (this._widgets_live) {
             this._widgets_live = false;
             this.widget_area.addClass('connection-problems');
         }
 
     };
 
     /**
      * Handles when a widget is connected to a live comm.
      * @param  {WidgetView} view
      */
     CodeCell.prototype._widget_live = function(view) {
         if (!this._widgets_live) {
             // Check that the other widgets are live too.  O(N) operation.
             // Abort the function at the first dead widget found.
             for (var i = 0; i < this.widget_views.length; i++) {
                 if (!this.widget_views[i].model.comm_live) return;
             }
             this._widgets_live = true;
             this.widget_area.removeClass('connection-problems');
         }
     };
 
     /** @method bind_events */
     CodeCell.prototype.bind_events = function () {
         Cell.prototype.bind_events.apply(this);
         var that = this;
 
         this.element.focusout(
             function() { that.auto_highlight(); }
         );
     };
 
 
     /**
      *  This method gets called in CodeMirror's onKeyDown/onKeyPress
      *  handlers and is used to provide custom key handling. Its return
      *  value is used to determine if CodeMirror should ignore the event:
      *  true = ignore, false = don't ignore.
      *  @method handle_codemirror_keyevent
      */
 
     CodeCell.prototype.handle_codemirror_keyevent = function (editor, event) {
 
         var that = this;
         // whatever key is pressed, first, cancel the tooltip request before
         // they are sent, and remove tooltip if any, except for tab again
         var tooltip_closed = null;
         if (event.type === 'keydown' && event.which !== keycodes.tab ) {
             tooltip_closed = this.tooltip.remove_and_cancel_tooltip();
         }
 
         var cur = editor.getCursor();
         if (event.keyCode === keycodes.enter){
             this.auto_highlight();
         }
 
         if (event.which === keycodes.down && event.type === 'keypress' && this.tooltip.time_before_tooltip >= 0) {
             // triger on keypress (!) otherwise inconsistent event.which depending on plateform
             // browser and keyboard layout !
             // Pressing '(' , request tooltip, don't forget to reappend it
             // The second argument says to hide the tooltip if the docstring
             // is actually empty
             this.tooltip.pending(that, true);
         } else if ( tooltip_closed && event.which === keycodes.esc && event.type === 'keydown') {
             // If tooltip is active, cancel it.  The call to
             // remove_and_cancel_tooltip above doesn't pass, force=true.
             // Because of this it won't actually close the tooltip
             // if it is in sticky mode. Thus, we have to check again if it is open
             // and close it with force=true.
             if (!this.tooltip._hidden) {
                 this.tooltip.remove_and_cancel_tooltip(true);
             }
             // If we closed the tooltip, don't let CM or the global handlers
             // handle this event.
             event.codemirrorIgnore = true;
             event.preventDefault();
             return true;
         } else if (event.keyCode === keycodes.tab && event.type === 'keydown' && event.shiftKey) {
                 if (editor.somethingSelected() || editor.getSelections().length !== 1){
                     var anchor = editor.getCursor("anchor");
                     var head = editor.getCursor("head");
                     if( anchor.line !== head.line){
                         return false;
                     }
                 }
                 this.tooltip.request(that);
                 event.codemirrorIgnore = true;
                 event.preventDefault();
                 return true;
         } else if (event.keyCode === keycodes.tab && event.type === 'keydown') {
             // Tab completion.
             this.tooltip.remove_and_cancel_tooltip();
 
             // completion does not work on multicursor, it might be possible though in some cases
             if (editor.somethingSelected() || editor.getSelections().length > 1) {
                 return false;
             }
             var pre_cursor = editor.getRange({line:cur.line,ch:0},cur);
             if (pre_cursor.trim() === "") {
                 // Don't autocomplete if the part of the line before the cursor
                 // is empty.  In this case, let CodeMirror handle indentation.
                 return false;
             } else {
                 event.codemirrorIgnore = true;
                 event.preventDefault();
                 this.completer.startCompletion();
                 return true;
             }
         } 
         
         // keyboard event wasn't one of those unique to code cells, let's see
         // if it's one of the generic ones (i.e. check edit mode shortcuts)
         return Cell.prototype.handle_codemirror_keyevent.apply(this, [editor, event]);
     };
 
     // Kernel related calls.
 
     CodeCell.prototype.set_kernel = function (kernel) {
         this.kernel = kernel;
     };
 
     /**
      * Execute current code cell to the kernel
      * @method execute
      */
-    CodeCell.prototype.execute = function () {
+    CodeCell.prototype.execute = function (skip_exceptions) {
         if (!this.kernel || !this.kernel.is_connected()) {
             console.log("Can't execute, kernel is not connected.");
             return;
         }
 
         this.active_output_area.clear_output(false, true);
-        
+
+        if (skip_exceptions === undefined) {
+            skip_exceptions = false;
+        }
+
         // Clear widget area
         for (var i = 0; i < this.widget_views.length; i++) {
             var view = this.widget_views[i];
             view.remove();
 
             // Remove widget live events.
             view.off('comm:live', this._widget_live);
             view.off('comm:dead', this._widget_dead);
         }
         this.widget_views = [];
         this.widget_subarea.html('');
         this.widget_subarea.height('');
         this.widget_area.height('');
         this.widget_area.hide();
 
         this.set_input_prompt('*');
         this.element.addClass("running");
         if (this.last_msg_id) {
             this.kernel.clear_callbacks_for_msg(this.last_msg_id);
         }
         var callbacks = this.get_callbacks();
         
         var old_msg_id = this.last_msg_id;
-        this.last_msg_id = this.kernel.execute(this.get_text(), callbacks, {silent: false, store_history: true});
+        this.last_msg_id = this.kernel.execute(this.get_text(), callbacks, {silent: false, store_history: true,
+            skip_exceptions : skip_exceptions});
         if (old_msg_id) {
             delete CodeCell.msg_cells[old_msg_id];
         }
         CodeCell.msg_cells[this.last_msg_id] = this;
         this.render();
         this.events.trigger('execute.CodeCell', {cell: this});
     };
     
     /**
      * Construct the default callbacks for
      * @method get_callbacks
      */
     CodeCell.prototype.get_callbacks = function () {
         var that = this;
         return {
             shell : {
                 reply : $.proxy(this._handle_execute_reply, this),
                 payload : {
                     set_next_input : $.proxy(this._handle_set_next_input, this),
                     page : $.proxy(this._open_with_pager, this)
                 }
             },
             iopub : {
                 output : function() { 
                     that.active_output_area.handle_output.apply(that.active_output_area, arguments);
                 }, 
                 clear_output : function() { 
                     that.active_output_area.handle_clear_output.apply(that.active_output_area, arguments);
                 }, 
             },
             input : $.proxy(this._handle_input_request, this)
         };
     };
     
     CodeCell.prototype._open_with_pager = function (payload) {
         this.events.trigger('open_with_text.Pager', payload);
     };
 
     /**
      * @method _handle_execute_reply
      * @private
      */
     CodeCell.prototype._handle_execute_reply = function (msg) {
         this.set_input_prompt(msg.content.execution_count);
         this.element.removeClass("running");
         this.events.trigger('set_dirty.Notebook', {value: true});
     };
 
     /**
      * @method _handle_set_next_input
      * @private
      */
     CodeCell.prototype._handle_set_next_input = function (payload) {
         var data = {'cell': this, 'text': payload.text, replace: payload.replace};
         this.events.trigger('set_next_input.Notebook', data);
     };
 
     /**
      * @method _handle_input_request
      * @private
      */
     CodeCell.prototype._handle_input_request = function (msg) {
         this.active_output_area.append_raw_input(msg);
     };
 
 
     // Basic cell manipulation.
 
     CodeCell.prototype.select = function () {
         var cont = Cell.prototype.select.apply(this);
         if (cont) {
             this.code_mirror.refresh();
             this.auto_highlight();
         }
         return cont;
     };
 
     CodeCell.prototype.render = function () {
         var cont = Cell.prototype.render.apply(this);
         // Always execute, even if we are already in the rendered state
         return cont;
     };
     
     CodeCell.prototype.select_all = function () {
         var start = {line: 0, ch: 0};
         var nlines = this.code_mirror.lineCount();
         var last_line = this.code_mirror.getLine(nlines-1);
         var end = {line: nlines-1, ch: last_line.length};
         this.code_mirror.setSelection(start, end);
     };
 
 
     CodeCell.prototype.collapse_output = function () {
         this.output_area.collapse();
     };
 
 
     CodeCell.prototype.expand_output = function () {
         this.output_area.expand();
         this.output_area.unscroll_area();
     };
 
     CodeCell.prototype.scroll_output = function () {
         this.output_area.expand();
         this.output_area.scroll_if_long();
     };
 
     CodeCell.prototype.toggle_output = function () {
         this.output_area.toggle_output();
     };
 
     CodeCell.prototype.toggle_output_scroll = function () {
         this.output_area.toggle_scroll();
     };
 
 
     CodeCell.input_prompt_classical = function (prompt_value, lines_number) {
         var ns;
         if (prompt_value === undefined || prompt_value === null) {
             ns = "&nbsp;";
         } else {
             ns = encodeURIComponent(prompt_value);
         }
         return 'In&nbsp;[' + ns + ']:';
     };
 
     CodeCell.input_prompt_continuation = function (prompt_value, lines_number) {
         var html = [CodeCell.input_prompt_classical(prompt_value, lines_number)];
         for(var i=1; i < lines_number; i++) {
             html.push(['...:']);
         }
         return html.join('<br/>');
     };
 
     CodeCell.input_prompt_function = CodeCell.input_prompt_classical;
 
 
     CodeCell.prototype.set_input_prompt = function (number) {
         var nline = 1;
         if (this.code_mirror !== undefined) {
            nline = this.code_mirror.lineCount();
         }
         this.input_prompt_number = number;
         var prompt_html = CodeCell.input_prompt_function(this.input_prompt_number, nline);
         // This HTML call is okay because the user contents are escaped.
         this.element.find('div.input_prompt').html(prompt_html);
     };
 
 
     CodeCell.prototype.clear_input = function () {
         this.code_mirror.setValue('');
     };
 
 
     CodeCell.prototype.get_text = function () {
         return this.code_mirror.getValue();
     };
 
 
     CodeCell.prototype.set_text = function (code) {
         return this.code_mirror.setValue(code);
     };
 
 
     CodeCell.prototype.clear_output = function (wait) {
         this.active_output_area.clear_output(wait);
         this.set_input_prompt();
     };
 
 
     // JSON serialization
 
     CodeCell.prototype.fromJSON = function (data) {
         Cell.prototype.fromJSON.apply(this, arguments);
         if (data.cell_type === 'code') {
             if (data.source !== undefined) {
                 this.set_text(data.source);
                 // make this value the starting point, so that we can only undo
                 // to this state, instead of a blank cell
                 this.code_mirror.clearHistory();
                 this.auto_highlight();
             }
             this.set_input_prompt(data.execution_count);
             this.output_area.trusted = data.metadata.trusted || false;
             this.output_area.fromJSON(data.outputs);
             if (data.metadata.collapsed !== undefined) {
                 if (data.metadata.collapsed) {
                     this.collapse_output();
                 } else {
                     this.expand_output();
                 }
             }
         }
     };
 
 
     CodeCell.prototype.toJSON = function () {
         var data = Cell.prototype.toJSON.apply(this);
         data.source = this.get_text();
         // is finite protect against undefined and '*' value
         if (isFinite(this.input_prompt_number)) {
             data.execution_count = this.input_prompt_number;
         } else {
             data.execution_count = null;
         }
         var outputs = this.output_area.toJSON();
         data.outputs = outputs;
         data.metadata.trusted = this.output_area.trusted;
         data.metadata.collapsed = this.output_area.collapsed;
         return data;
     };
 
     /**
      * handle cell level logic when a cell is unselected
      * @method unselect
      * @return is the action being taken
      */
     CodeCell.prototype.unselect = function () {
         var cont = Cell.prototype.unselect.apply(this);
         if (cont) {
             // When a code cell is usnelected, make sure that the corresponding
             // tooltip and completer to that cell is closed.
             this.tooltip.remove_and_cancel_tooltip(true);
             if (this.completer !== null) {
                 this.completer.close();
             }
         }
         return cont;
     };
 
     // Backwards compatability.
     IPython.CodeCell = CodeCell;
 
     return {'CodeCell': CodeCell};
 });

IPython/html/tests/notebook/execute_code.js

@@ -1,78 +1,113 b''
 //
 // Test code cell execution.
 //
 casper.notebook_test(function () {
     this.evaluate(function () {
         var cell = IPython.notebook.get_cell(0);
         cell.set_text('a=10; print(a)');
         cell.execute();
     });
 
     this.wait_for_output(0);
 
     // refactor this into  just a get_output(0)
     this.then(function () {
         var result = this.get_output_cell(0);
         this.test.assertEquals(result.text, '10\n', 'cell execute (using js)');
     });
 
 
     // do it again with the keyboard shortcut
     this.thenEvaluate(function () {
         var cell = IPython.notebook.get_cell(0);
         cell.set_text('a=11; print(a)');
         cell.clear_output();
     });
 
     this.then(function(){
         
         this.trigger_keydown('shift-enter');
     });
 
     this.wait_for_output(0);
 
     this.then(function () {
         var result = this.get_output_cell(0);
         var num_cells = this.get_cells_length();
         this.test.assertEquals(result.text, '11\n', 'cell execute (using ctrl-enter)');
         this.test.assertEquals(num_cells, 2, 'shift-enter adds a new cell at the bottom')
     });
     
     // do it again with the keyboard shortcut
     this.thenEvaluate(function () {
         IPython.notebook.select(1);
         IPython.notebook.delete_cell();
         var cell = IPython.notebook.get_cell(0);
         cell.set_text('a=12; print(a)');
         cell.clear_output();
     });
 
     this.then(function(){
         this.trigger_keydown('ctrl-enter');
     });
 
     this.wait_for_output(0);
 
     this.then(function () {
         var result = this.get_output_cell(0);
         var num_cells = this.get_cells_length();
         this.test.assertEquals(result.text, '12\n', 'cell execute (using shift-enter)');
         this.test.assertEquals(num_cells, 1, 'ctrl-enter adds no new cell at the bottom')
     });
 
     // press the "play" triangle button in the toolbar
     this.thenEvaluate(function () {
         var cell = IPython.notebook.get_cell(0);
         IPython.notebook.select(0);
         cell.clear_output();
         cell.set_text('a=13; print(a)');
         $("button[data-jupyter-action='ipython.run-select-next']")[0].click()
     });
     
     this.wait_for_output(0);
 
     this.then(function () {
         var result = this.get_output_cell(0);
         this.test.assertEquals(result.text, '13\n', 'cell execute (using "play" toolbar button)')
     });
+
+    // run code with skip_exception
+    this.thenEvaluate(function () {
+        var cell0 = IPython.notebook.get_cell(0);
+        cell0.set_text('raise IOError');
+        IPython.notebook.insert_cell_below('code',0);
+        var cell1 = IPython.notebook.get_cell(1);
+        cell1.set_text('a=14; print(a)');
+        cell0.execute(skip_exception=true);
+        cell1.execute();
+    });
+
+    this.wait_for_output(1);
+
+    this.then(function () {
+        var result = this.get_output_cell(1);
+        this.test.assertEquals(result.text, '14\n', 'cell execute, skip exceptions');
+    });
+
+    this.thenEvaluate(function () {
+        var cell0 = IPython.notebook.get_cell(0);
+        cell0.set_text('raise IOError');
+        IPython.notebook.insert_cell_below('code',0);
+        var cell1 = IPython.notebook.get_cell(1);
+        cell1.set_text('a=14; print(a)');
+        cell0.execute();
+        cell1.execute();
+    });
+
+    this.wait_for_output(1);
+
+    this.then(function () {
+        var result = this.get_output_cell(1);
+        this.test.assertNotEquals(result.text, '14\n', 'cell execute, skip exceptions');
+    });
 });

IPython/kernel/client.py

@@ -1,387 +1,390 b''
 """Base class to manage the interaction with a running kernel"""
 
 # Copyright (c) IPython Development Team.
 # Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 from IPython.kernel.channels import major_protocol_version
 from IPython.utils.py3compat import string_types, iteritems
 
 import zmq
 
 from IPython.utils.traitlets import (
     Any, Instance, Type,
 )
 
 from .channelsabc import (ChannelABC, HBChannelABC)
 from .clientabc import KernelClientABC
 from .connect import ConnectionFileMixin
 
 
 # some utilities to validate message structure, these might get moved elsewhere
 # if they prove to have more generic utility
 
 def validate_string_dict(dct):
     """Validate that the input is a dict with string keys and values.
 
     Raises ValueError if not."""
     for k,v in iteritems(dct):
         if not isinstance(k, string_types):
             raise ValueError('key %r in dict must be a string' % k)
         if not isinstance(v, string_types):
             raise ValueError('value %r in dict must be a string' % v)
 
 
 class KernelClient(ConnectionFileMixin):
     """Communicates with a single kernel on any host via zmq channels.
 
     There are four channels associated with each kernel:
 
     * shell: for request/reply calls to the kernel.
     * iopub: for the kernel to publish results to frontends.
     * hb: for monitoring the kernel's heartbeat.
     * stdin: for frontends to reply to raw_input calls in the kernel.
 
     The methods of the channels are exposed as methods of the client itself
     (KernelClient.execute, complete, history, etc.).
     See the channels themselves for documentation of these methods.
 
     """
 
     # The PyZMQ Context to use for communication with the kernel.
     context = Instance(zmq.Context)
     def _context_default(self):
         return zmq.Context.instance()
 
     # The classes to use for the various channels
     shell_channel_class = Type(ChannelABC)
     iopub_channel_class = Type(ChannelABC)
     stdin_channel_class = Type(ChannelABC)
     hb_channel_class = Type(HBChannelABC)
 
     # Protected traits
     _shell_channel = Any
     _iopub_channel = Any
     _stdin_channel = Any
     _hb_channel = Any
 
     # flag for whether execute requests should be allowed to call raw_input:
     allow_stdin = True
 
     #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Channel proxy methods
     #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def _get_msg(channel, *args, **kwargs):
         return channel.get_msg(*args, **kwargs)
 
     def get_shell_msg(self, *args, **kwargs):
         """Get a message from the shell channel"""
         return self.shell_channel.get_msg(*args, **kwargs)
 
     def get_iopub_msg(self, *args, **kwargs):
         """Get a message from the iopub channel"""
         return self.iopub_channel.get_msg(*args, **kwargs)
 
     def get_stdin_msg(self, *args, **kwargs):
         """Get a message from the stdin channel"""
         return self.stdin_channel.get_msg(*args, **kwargs)
 
     #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Channel management methods
     #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def start_channels(self, shell=True, iopub=True, stdin=True, hb=True):
         """Starts the channels for this kernel.
 
         This will create the channels if they do not exist and then start
         them (their activity runs in a thread). If port numbers of 0 are
         being used (random ports) then you must first call
         :meth:`start_kernel`. If the channels have been stopped and you
         call this, :class:`RuntimeError` will be raised.
         """
         if shell:
             self.shell_channel.start()
             self.kernel_info()
         if iopub:
             self.iopub_channel.start()
         if stdin:
             self.stdin_channel.start()
             self.allow_stdin = True
         else:
             self.allow_stdin = False
         if hb:
             self.hb_channel.start()
 
     def stop_channels(self):
         """Stops all the running channels for this kernel.
 
         This stops their event loops and joins their threads.
         """
         if self.shell_channel.is_alive():
             self.shell_channel.stop()
         if self.iopub_channel.is_alive():
             self.iopub_channel.stop()
         if self.stdin_channel.is_alive():
             self.stdin_channel.stop()
         if self.hb_channel.is_alive():
             self.hb_channel.stop()
 
     @property
     def channels_running(self):
         """Are any of the channels created and running?"""
         return (self.shell_channel.is_alive() or self.iopub_channel.is_alive() or
                 self.stdin_channel.is_alive() or self.hb_channel.is_alive())
 
     ioloop = None  # Overridden in subclasses that use pyzmq event loop
 
     @property
     def shell_channel(self):
         """Get the shell channel object for this kernel."""
         if self._shell_channel is None:
             url = self._make_url('shell')
             self.log.debug("connecting shell channel to %s", url)
             socket = self.connect_shell(identity=self.session.bsession)
             self._shell_channel = self.shell_channel_class(
                 socket, self.session, self.ioloop
             )
         return self._shell_channel
 
     @property
     def iopub_channel(self):
         """Get the iopub channel object for this kernel."""
         if self._iopub_channel is None:
             url = self._make_url('iopub')
             self.log.debug("connecting iopub channel to %s", url)
             socket = self.connect_iopub()
             self._iopub_channel = self.iopub_channel_class(
                 socket, self.session, self.ioloop
             )
         return self._iopub_channel
 
     @property
     def stdin_channel(self):
         """Get the stdin channel object for this kernel."""
         if self._stdin_channel is None:
             url = self._make_url('stdin')
             self.log.debug("connecting stdin channel to %s", url)
             socket = self.connect_stdin(identity=self.session.bsession)
             self._stdin_channel = self.stdin_channel_class(
                 socket, self.session, self.ioloop
             )
         return self._stdin_channel
 
     @property
     def hb_channel(self):
         """Get the hb channel object for this kernel."""
         if self._hb_channel is None:
             url = self._make_url('hb')
             self.log.debug("connecting heartbeat channel to %s", url)
             self._hb_channel = self.hb_channel_class(
                 self.context, self.session, url
             )
         return self._hb_channel
 
     def is_alive(self):
         """Is the kernel process still running?"""
         if self._hb_channel is not None:
             # We didn't start the kernel with this KernelManager so we
             # use the heartbeat.
             return self._hb_channel.is_beating()
         else:
             # no heartbeat and not local, we can't tell if it's running,
             # so naively return True
             return True
 
 
     # Methods to send specific messages on channels
     def execute(self, code, silent=False, store_history=True,
-                user_expressions=None, allow_stdin=None):
+                user_expressions=None, allow_stdin=None, skip_exceptions=False):
         """Execute code in the kernel.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         code : str
             A string of Python code.
 
         silent : bool, optional (default False)
             If set, the kernel will execute the code as quietly possible, and
             will force store_history to be False.
 
         store_history : bool, optional (default True)
             If set, the kernel will store command history.  This is forced
             to be False if silent is True.
 
         user_expressions : dict, optional
             A dict mapping names to expressions to be evaluated in the user's
             dict. The expression values are returned as strings formatted using
             :func:`repr`.
 
         allow_stdin : bool, optional (default self.allow_stdin)
             Flag for whether the kernel can send stdin requests to frontends.
 
             Some frontends (e.g. the Notebook) do not support stdin requests.
             If raw_input is called from code executed from such a frontend, a
             StdinNotImplementedError will be raised.
 
+        skip_exceptions: bool, optional (default False)
+            Flag whether to abort the execution queue, if an exception is encountered.
+
         Returns
         -------
         The msg_id of the message sent.
         """
         if user_expressions is None:
             user_expressions = {}
         if allow_stdin is None:
             allow_stdin = self.allow_stdin
 
 
         # Don't waste network traffic if inputs are invalid
         if not isinstance(code, string_types):
             raise ValueError('code %r must be a string' % code)
         validate_string_dict(user_expressions)
 
         # Create class for content/msg creation. Related to, but possibly
         # not in Session.
         content = dict(code=code, silent=silent, store_history=store_history,
                        user_expressions=user_expressions,
-                       allow_stdin=allow_stdin,
+                       allow_stdin=allow_stdin, skip_exceptions=skip_exceptions
                        )
         msg = self.session.msg('execute_request', content)
         self.shell_channel.send(msg)
         return msg['header']['msg_id']
 
     def complete(self, code, cursor_pos=None):
         """Tab complete text in the kernel's namespace.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         code : str
             The context in which completion is requested.
             Can be anything between a variable name and an entire cell.
         cursor_pos : int, optional
             The position of the cursor in the block of code where the completion was requested.
             Default: ``len(code)``
 
         Returns
         -------
         The msg_id of the message sent.
         """
         if cursor_pos is None:
             cursor_pos = len(code)
         content = dict(code=code, cursor_pos=cursor_pos)
         msg = self.session.msg('complete_request', content)
         self.shell_channel.send(msg)
         return msg['header']['msg_id']
 
     def inspect(self, code, cursor_pos=None, detail_level=0):
         """Get metadata information about an object in the kernel's namespace.
 
         It is up to the kernel to determine the appropriate object to inspect.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         code : str
             The context in which info is requested.
             Can be anything between a variable name and an entire cell.
         cursor_pos : int, optional
             The position of the cursor in the block of code where the info was requested.
             Default: ``len(code)``
         detail_level : int, optional
             The level of detail for the introspection (0-2)
 
         Returns
         -------
         The msg_id of the message sent.
         """
         if cursor_pos is None:
             cursor_pos = len(code)
         content = dict(code=code, cursor_pos=cursor_pos,
             detail_level=detail_level,
         )
         msg = self.session.msg('inspect_request', content)
         self.shell_channel.send(msg)
         return msg['header']['msg_id']
 
     def history(self, raw=True, output=False, hist_access_type='range', **kwargs):
         """Get entries from the kernel's history list.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         raw : bool
             If True, return the raw input.
         output : bool
             If True, then return the output as well.
         hist_access_type : str
             'range' (fill in session, start and stop params), 'tail' (fill in n)
              or 'search' (fill in pattern param).
 
         session : int
             For a range request, the session from which to get lines. Session
             numbers are positive integers; negative ones count back from the
             current session.
         start : int
             The first line number of a history range.
         stop : int
             The final (excluded) line number of a history range.
 
         n : int
             The number of lines of history to get for a tail request.
 
         pattern : str
             The glob-syntax pattern for a search request.
 
         Returns
         -------
         The msg_id of the message sent.
         """
         content = dict(raw=raw, output=output, hist_access_type=hist_access_type,
                                                                     **kwargs)
         msg = self.session.msg('history_request', content)
         self.shell_channel.send(msg)
         return msg['header']['msg_id']
 
     def kernel_info(self):
         """Request kernel info."""
         msg = self.session.msg('kernel_info_request')
         self.shell_channel.send(msg)
         return msg['header']['msg_id']
 
     def _handle_kernel_info_reply(self, msg):
         """handle kernel info reply
 
         sets protocol adaptation version. This might
         be run from a separate thread.
         """
         adapt_version = int(msg['content']['protocol_version'].split('.')[0])
         if adapt_version != major_protocol_version:
             self.session.adapt_version = adapt_version
 
     def shutdown(self, restart=False):
         """Request an immediate kernel shutdown.
 
         Upon receipt of the (empty) reply, client code can safely assume that
         the kernel has shut down and it's safe to forcefully terminate it if
         it's still alive.
 
         The kernel will send the reply via a function registered with Python's
         atexit module, ensuring it's truly done as the kernel is done with all
         normal operation.
         """
         # Send quit message to kernel. Once we implement kernel-side setattr,
         # this should probably be done that way, but for now this will do.
         msg = self.session.msg('shutdown_request', {'restart':restart})
         self.shell_channel.send(msg)
         return msg['header']['msg_id']
 
     def is_complete(self, code):
         msg = self.session.msg('is_complete_request', {'code': code})
         self.shell_channel.send(msg)
         return msg['header']['msg_id']
 
     def input(self, string):
         """Send a string of raw input to the kernel."""
         content = dict(value=string)
         msg = self.session.msg('input_reply', content)
         self.stdin_channel.send(msg)
 
 
 KernelClientABC.register(KernelClient)

IPython/kernel/tests/test_message_spec.py

@@ -1,472 +1,490 b''
 """Test suite for our zeromq-based message specification."""
 
 # Copyright (c) IPython Development Team.
 # Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
 
 import re
 import sys
 from distutils.version import LooseVersion as V
 try:
     from queue import Empty  # Py 3
 except ImportError:
     from Queue import Empty  # Py 2
 
 import nose.tools as nt
 
 from IPython.utils.traitlets import (
     HasTraits, TraitError, Bool, Unicode, Dict, Integer, List, Enum,
 )
 from IPython.utils.py3compat import string_types, iteritems
 
 from .utils import TIMEOUT, start_global_kernel, flush_channels, execute
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Globals
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 KC = None
 
 def setup():
     global KC
     KC = start_global_kernel()
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Message Spec References
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 class Reference(HasTraits):
 
     """
     Base class for message spec specification testing.
 
     This class is the core of the message specification test.  The
     idea is that child classes implement trait attributes for each
     message keys, so that message keys can be tested against these
     traits using :meth:`check` method.
 
     """
 
     def check(self, d):
         """validate a dict against our traits"""
         for key in self.trait_names():
             nt.assert_in(key, d)
             # FIXME: always allow None, probably not a good idea
             if d[key] is None:
                 continue
             try:
                 setattr(self, key, d[key])
             except TraitError as e:
                 assert False, str(e)
 
 
 class Version(Unicode):
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         self.min = kwargs.pop('min', None)
         self.max = kwargs.pop('max', None)
         kwargs['default_value'] = self.min
         super(Version, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
     
     def validate(self, obj, value):
         if self.min and V(value) < V(self.min):
             raise TraitError("bad version: %s < %s" % (value, self.min))
         if self.max and (V(value) > V(self.max)):
             raise TraitError("bad version: %s > %s" % (value, self.max))
 
 
 class RMessage(Reference):
     msg_id = Unicode()
     msg_type = Unicode()
     header = Dict()
     parent_header = Dict()
     content = Dict()
     
     def check(self, d):
         super(RMessage, self).check(d)
         RHeader().check(self.header)
         if self.parent_header:
             RHeader().check(self.parent_header)
 
 class RHeader(Reference):
     msg_id = Unicode()
     msg_type = Unicode()
     session = Unicode()
     username = Unicode()
     version = Version(min='5.0')
 
 mime_pat = re.compile(r'^[\w\-\+\.]+/[\w\-\+\.]+$')
 
 class MimeBundle(Reference):
     metadata = Dict()
     data = Dict()
     def _data_changed(self, name, old, new):
         for k,v in iteritems(new):
             assert mime_pat.match(k)
             nt.assert_is_instance(v, string_types)
 
 # shell replies
 
 class ExecuteReply(Reference):
     execution_count = Integer()
     status = Enum((u'ok', u'error'))
     
     def check(self, d):
         Reference.check(self, d)
         if d['status'] == 'ok':
             ExecuteReplyOkay().check(d)
         elif d['status'] == 'error':
             ExecuteReplyError().check(d)
 
 
 class ExecuteReplyOkay(Reference):
     payload = List(Dict)
     user_expressions = Dict()
 
 
 class ExecuteReplyError(Reference):
     ename = Unicode()
     evalue = Unicode()
     traceback = List(Unicode)
 
 
 class InspectReply(MimeBundle):
     found = Bool()
 
 
 class ArgSpec(Reference):
     args = List(Unicode)
     varargs = Unicode()
     varkw = Unicode()
     defaults = List()
 
 
 class Status(Reference):
     execution_state = Enum((u'busy', u'idle', u'starting'))
 
 
 class CompleteReply(Reference):
     matches = List(Unicode)
     cursor_start = Integer()
     cursor_end = Integer()
     status = Unicode()
 
 class LanguageInfo(Reference):
     name = Unicode('python')
     version = Unicode(sys.version.split()[0])
 
 class KernelInfoReply(Reference):
     protocol_version = Version(min='5.0')
     implementation = Unicode('ipython')
     implementation_version = Version(min='2.1')
     language_info = Dict()
     banner = Unicode()
     
     def check(self, d):
         Reference.check(self, d)
         LanguageInfo().check(d['language_info'])
 
 
 class IsCompleteReply(Reference):
     status = Enum((u'complete', u'incomplete', u'invalid', u'unknown'))
     
     def check(self, d):
         Reference.check(self, d)
         if d['status'] == 'incomplete':
             IsCompleteReplyIncomplete().check(d)
 
 class IsCompleteReplyIncomplete(Reference):
     indent = Unicode()
 
 
 # IOPub messages
 
 class ExecuteInput(Reference):
     code = Unicode()
     execution_count = Integer()
 
 
 Error = ExecuteReplyError
 
 
 class Stream(Reference):
     name = Enum((u'stdout', u'stderr'))
     text = Unicode()
 
 
 class DisplayData(MimeBundle):
     pass
 
 
 class ExecuteResult(MimeBundle):
     execution_count = Integer()
 
 class HistoryReply(Reference):
     history = List(List())
 
 
 references = {
     'execute_reply' : ExecuteReply(),
     'inspect_reply' : InspectReply(),
     'status' : Status(),
     'complete_reply' : CompleteReply(),
     'kernel_info_reply': KernelInfoReply(),
     'is_complete_reply': IsCompleteReply(),
     'execute_input' : ExecuteInput(),
     'execute_result' : ExecuteResult(),
     'history_reply' : HistoryReply(),
     'error' : Error(),
     'stream' : Stream(),
     'display_data' : DisplayData(),
     'header' : RHeader(),
 }
 """
 Specifications of `content` part of the reply messages.
 """
 
 
 def validate_message(msg, msg_type=None, parent=None):
     """validate a message
     
     This is a generator, and must be iterated through to actually
     trigger each test.
     
     If msg_type and/or parent are given, the msg_type and/or parent msg_id
     are compared with the given values.
     """
     RMessage().check(msg)
     if msg_type:
         nt.assert_equal(msg['msg_type'], msg_type)
     if parent:
         nt.assert_equal(msg['parent_header']['msg_id'], parent)
     content = msg['content']
     ref = references[msg['msg_type']]
     ref.check(content)
 
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Tests
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # Shell channel
 
 def test_execute():
     flush_channels()
     
     msg_id = KC.execute(code='x=1')
     reply = KC.get_shell_msg(timeout=TIMEOUT)
     validate_message(reply, 'execute_reply', msg_id)
 
 
 def test_execute_silent():
     flush_channels()
     msg_id, reply = execute(code='x=1', silent=True)
     
     # flush status=idle
     status = KC.iopub_channel.get_msg(timeout=TIMEOUT)
     validate_message(status, 'status', msg_id)
     nt.assert_equal(status['content']['execution_state'], 'idle')
 
     nt.assert_raises(Empty, KC.iopub_channel.get_msg, timeout=0.1)
     count = reply['execution_count']
     
     msg_id, reply = execute(code='x=2', silent=True)
     
     # flush status=idle
     status = KC.iopub_channel.get_msg(timeout=TIMEOUT)
     validate_message(status, 'status', msg_id)
     nt.assert_equal(status['content']['execution_state'], 'idle')
     
     nt.assert_raises(Empty, KC.iopub_channel.get_msg, timeout=0.1)
     count_2 = reply['execution_count']
     nt.assert_equal(count_2, count)
 
 
 def test_execute_error():
     flush_channels()
     
     msg_id, reply = execute(code='1/0')
     nt.assert_equal(reply['status'], 'error')
     nt.assert_equal(reply['ename'], 'ZeroDivisionError')
     
     error = KC.iopub_channel.get_msg(timeout=TIMEOUT)
     validate_message(error, 'error', msg_id)
 
 
 def test_execute_inc():
     """execute request should increment execution_count"""
     flush_channels()
 
     msg_id, reply = execute(code='x=1')
     count = reply['execution_count']
     
     flush_channels()
     
     msg_id, reply = execute(code='x=2')
     count_2 = reply['execution_count']
     nt.assert_equal(count_2, count+1)
 
+def test_execute_skip_exceptions():
+    """execute request should not abort execution queue with skip_exceptions"""
+    flush_channels()
+
+    KC.execute(code='raise IOError')
+    msg_id = KC.execute(code='print("Hallo")')
+    KC.get_shell_msg(timeout=TIMEOUT)
+    reply = KC.get_shell_msg(timeout=TIMEOUT)
+    nt.assert_equal(reply['content']['status'], 'aborted')
+
+    flush_channels()
+
+    KC.execute(code='raise IOError', skip_exceptions=True)
+    msg_id = KC.execute(code='print("Hallo")')
+    KC.get_shell_msg(timeout=TIMEOUT)
+    reply = KC.get_shell_msg(timeout=TIMEOUT)
+    nt.assert_equal(reply['content']['status'], 'ok')
+
 
 def test_user_expressions():
     flush_channels()
 
     msg_id, reply = execute(code='x=1', user_expressions=dict(foo='x+1'))
     user_expressions = reply['user_expressions']
     nt.assert_equal(user_expressions, {u'foo': {
         u'status': u'ok',
         u'data': {u'text/plain': u'2'},
         u'metadata': {},
     }})
 
 
 def test_user_expressions_fail():
     flush_channels()
 
     msg_id, reply = execute(code='x=0', user_expressions=dict(foo='nosuchname'))
     user_expressions = reply['user_expressions']
     foo = user_expressions['foo']
     nt.assert_equal(foo['status'], 'error')
     nt.assert_equal(foo['ename'], 'NameError')
 
 
 def test_oinfo():
     flush_channels()
 
     msg_id = KC.inspect('a')
     reply = KC.get_shell_msg(timeout=TIMEOUT)
     validate_message(reply, 'inspect_reply', msg_id)
 
 
 def test_oinfo_found():
     flush_channels()
 
     msg_id, reply = execute(code='a=5')
     
     msg_id = KC.inspect('a')
     reply = KC.get_shell_msg(timeout=TIMEOUT)
     validate_message(reply, 'inspect_reply', msg_id)
     content = reply['content']
     assert content['found']
     text = content['data']['text/plain']
     nt.assert_in('Type:', text)
     nt.assert_in('Docstring:', text)
 
 
 def test_oinfo_detail():
     flush_channels()
 
     msg_id, reply = execute(code='ip=get_ipython()')
     
     msg_id = KC.inspect('ip.object_inspect', cursor_pos=10, detail_level=1)
     reply = KC.get_shell_msg(timeout=TIMEOUT)
     validate_message(reply, 'inspect_reply', msg_id)
     content = reply['content']
     assert content['found']
     text = content['data']['text/plain']
     nt.assert_in('Definition:', text)
     nt.assert_in('Source:', text)
 
 
 def test_oinfo_not_found():
     flush_channels()
 
     msg_id = KC.inspect('dne')
     reply = KC.get_shell_msg(timeout=TIMEOUT)
     validate_message(reply, 'inspect_reply', msg_id)
     content = reply['content']
     nt.assert_false(content['found'])
 
 
 def test_complete():
     flush_channels()
 
     msg_id, reply = execute(code="alpha = albert = 5")
     
     msg_id = KC.complete('al', 2)
     reply = KC.get_shell_msg(timeout=TIMEOUT)
     validate_message(reply, 'complete_reply', msg_id)
     matches = reply['content']['matches']
     for name in ('alpha', 'albert'):
         nt.assert_in(name, matches)
 
 
 def test_kernel_info_request():
     flush_channels()
 
     msg_id = KC.kernel_info()
     reply = KC.get_shell_msg(timeout=TIMEOUT)
     validate_message(reply, 'kernel_info_reply', msg_id)
 
 
 def test_single_payload():
     flush_channels()
     msg_id, reply = execute(code="for i in range(3):\n"+
                                  "   x=range?\n")
     payload = reply['payload']
     next_input_pls = [pl for pl in payload if pl["source"] == "set_next_input"]
     nt.assert_equal(len(next_input_pls), 1)
 
 def test_is_complete():
     flush_channels()
 
     msg_id = KC.is_complete("a = 1")
     reply = KC.get_shell_msg(timeout=TIMEOUT)
     validate_message(reply, 'is_complete_reply', msg_id)
 
 def test_history_range():
     flush_channels()
     
     msg_id_exec = KC.execute(code='x=1', store_history = True)
     reply_exec = KC.get_shell_msg(timeout=TIMEOUT)
     
     msg_id = KC.history(hist_access_type = 'range', raw = True, output = True, start = 1, stop = 2, session = 0)
     reply = KC.get_shell_msg(timeout=TIMEOUT)
     validate_message(reply, 'history_reply', msg_id)
     content = reply['content']
     nt.assert_equal(len(content['history']), 1)
 
 def test_history_tail():
     flush_channels()
     
     msg_id_exec = KC.execute(code='x=1', store_history = True)
     reply_exec = KC.get_shell_msg(timeout=TIMEOUT)
     
     msg_id = KC.history(hist_access_type = 'tail', raw = True, output = True, n = 1, session = 0)
     reply = KC.get_shell_msg(timeout=TIMEOUT)
     validate_message(reply, 'history_reply', msg_id)
     content = reply['content']
     nt.assert_equal(len(content['history']), 1)
 
 def test_history_search():
     flush_channels()
     
     msg_id_exec = KC.execute(code='x=1', store_history = True)
     reply_exec = KC.get_shell_msg(timeout=TIMEOUT)
     
     msg_id = KC.history(hist_access_type = 'search', raw = True, output = True, n = 1, pattern = '*', session = 0)
     reply = KC.get_shell_msg(timeout=TIMEOUT)
     validate_message(reply, 'history_reply', msg_id)
     content = reply['content']
     nt.assert_equal(len(content['history']), 1)
 
 # IOPub channel
 
 
 def test_stream():
     flush_channels()
 
     msg_id, reply = execute("print('hi')")
 
     stdout = KC.iopub_channel.get_msg(timeout=TIMEOUT)
     validate_message(stdout, 'stream', msg_id)
     content = stdout['content']
     nt.assert_equal(content['text'], u'hi\n')
 
 
 def test_display_data():
     flush_channels()
 
     msg_id, reply = execute("from IPython.core.display import display; display(1)")
     
     display = KC.iopub_channel.get_msg(timeout=TIMEOUT)
     validate_message(display, 'display_data', parent=msg_id)
     data = display['content']['data']
     nt.assert_equal(data['text/plain'], u'1')
 

IPython/kernel/zmq/kernelbase.py

@@ -1,699 +1,704 b''
 """Base class for a kernel that talks to frontends over 0MQ."""
 
 # Copyright (c) IPython Development Team.
 # Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
 
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 import sys
 import time
 import logging
 import uuid
 
 from datetime import datetime
 from signal import (
         signal, default_int_handler, SIGINT
 )
 
 import zmq
 from zmq.eventloop import ioloop
 from zmq.eventloop.zmqstream import ZMQStream
 
 from IPython.config.configurable import SingletonConfigurable
 from IPython.core.error import StdinNotImplementedError
 from IPython.core import release
 from IPython.utils import py3compat
 from IPython.utils.py3compat import unicode_type, string_types
 from IPython.utils.jsonutil import json_clean
 from IPython.utils.traitlets import (
     Any, Instance, Float, Dict, List, Set, Integer, Unicode, Bool,
 )
 
 from .session import Session
 
 
 class Kernel(SingletonConfigurable):
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Kernel interface
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     # attribute to override with a GUI
     eventloop = Any(None)
     def _eventloop_changed(self, name, old, new):
         """schedule call to eventloop from IOLoop"""
         loop = ioloop.IOLoop.instance()
         loop.add_callback(self.enter_eventloop)
 
     session = Instance(Session)
     profile_dir = Instance('IPython.core.profiledir.ProfileDir')
     shell_streams = List()
     control_stream = Instance(ZMQStream)
     iopub_socket = Instance(zmq.Socket)
     stdin_socket = Instance(zmq.Socket)
     log = Instance(logging.Logger)
 
     # identities:
     int_id = Integer(-1)
     ident = Unicode()
 
     def _ident_default(self):
         return unicode_type(uuid.uuid4())
 
     # This should be overridden by wrapper kernels that implement any real
     # language.
     language_info = {}
     
     # any links that should go in the help menu
     help_links = List()
 
     # Private interface
     
     _darwin_app_nap = Bool(True, config=True,
         help="""Whether to use appnope for compatiblity with OS X App Nap.
         
         Only affects OS X >= 10.9.
         """
     )
 
     # track associations with current request
     _allow_stdin = Bool(False)
     _parent_header = Dict()
     _parent_ident = Any(b'')
     # Time to sleep after flushing the stdout/err buffers in each execute
     # cycle.  While this introduces a hard limit on the minimal latency of the
     # execute cycle, it helps prevent output synchronization problems for
     # clients.
     # Units are in seconds.  The minimum zmq latency on local host is probably
     # ~150 microseconds, set this to 500us for now.  We may need to increase it
     # a little if it's not enough after more interactive testing.
     _execute_sleep = Float(0.0005, config=True)
 
     # Frequency of the kernel's event loop.
     # Units are in seconds, kernel subclasses for GUI toolkits may need to
     # adapt to milliseconds.
     _poll_interval = Float(0.05, config=True)
 
     # If the shutdown was requested over the network, we leave here the
     # necessary reply message so it can be sent by our registered atexit
     # handler.  This ensures that the reply is only sent to clients truly at
     # the end of our shutdown process (which happens after the underlying
     # IPython shell's own shutdown).
     _shutdown_message = None
 
     # This is a dict of port number that the kernel is listening on. It is set
     # by record_ports and used by connect_request.
     _recorded_ports = Dict()
 
     # set of aborted msg_ids
     aborted = Set()
 
     # Track execution count here. For IPython, we override this to use the
     # execution count we store in the shell.
     execution_count = 0
 
 
     def __init__(self, **kwargs):
         super(Kernel, self).__init__(**kwargs)
 
         # Build dict of handlers for message types
         msg_types = [ 'execute_request', 'complete_request',
                       'inspect_request', 'history_request',
                       'kernel_info_request',
                       'connect_request', 'shutdown_request',
                       'apply_request', 'is_complete_request',
                     ]
         self.shell_handlers = {}
         for msg_type in msg_types:
             self.shell_handlers[msg_type] = getattr(self, msg_type)
         
         control_msg_types = msg_types + [ 'clear_request', 'abort_request' ]
         self.control_handlers = {}
         for msg_type in control_msg_types:
             self.control_handlers[msg_type] = getattr(self, msg_type)
 
     
     def dispatch_control(self, msg):
         """dispatch control requests"""
         idents,msg = self.session.feed_identities(msg, copy=False)
         try:
             msg = self.session.deserialize(msg, content=True, copy=False)
         except:
             self.log.error("Invalid Control Message", exc_info=True)
             return
 
         self.log.debug("Control received: %s", msg)
         
         # Set the parent message for side effects.
         self.set_parent(idents, msg)
         self._publish_status(u'busy')
         
         header = msg['header']
         msg_type = header['msg_type']
 
         handler = self.control_handlers.get(msg_type, None)
         if handler is None:
             self.log.error("UNKNOWN CONTROL MESSAGE TYPE: %r", msg_type)
         else:
             try:
                 handler(self.control_stream, idents, msg)
             except Exception:
                 self.log.error("Exception in control handler:", exc_info=True)
         
         sys.stdout.flush()
         sys.stderr.flush()
         self._publish_status(u'idle')
     
     def dispatch_shell(self, stream, msg):
         """dispatch shell requests"""
         # flush control requests first
         if self.control_stream:
             self.control_stream.flush()
         
         idents,msg = self.session.feed_identities(msg, copy=False)
         try:
             msg = self.session.deserialize(msg, content=True, copy=False)
         except:
             self.log.error("Invalid Message", exc_info=True)
             return
 
         # Set the parent message for side effects.
         self.set_parent(idents, msg)
         self._publish_status(u'busy')
         
         header = msg['header']
         msg_id = header['msg_id']
         msg_type = msg['header']['msg_type']
         
         # Print some info about this message and leave a '--->' marker, so it's
         # easier to trace visually the message chain when debugging.  Each
         # handler prints its message at the end.
         self.log.debug('\n*** MESSAGE TYPE:%s***', msg_type)
         self.log.debug('   Content: %s\n   --->\n   ', msg['content'])
 
         if msg_id in self.aborted:
             self.aborted.remove(msg_id)
             # is it safe to assume a msg_id will not be resubmitted?
             reply_type = msg_type.split('_')[0] + '_reply'
             status = {'status' : 'aborted'}
             md = {'engine' : self.ident}
             md.update(status)
             self.session.send(stream, reply_type, metadata=md,
                         content=status, parent=msg, ident=idents)
             return
         
         handler = self.shell_handlers.get(msg_type, None)
         if handler is None:
             self.log.error("UNKNOWN MESSAGE TYPE: %r", msg_type)
         else:
             # ensure default_int_handler during handler call
             sig = signal(SIGINT, default_int_handler)
             self.log.debug("%s: %s", msg_type, msg)
             try:
                 handler(stream, idents, msg)
             except Exception:
                 self.log.error("Exception in message handler:", exc_info=True)
             finally:
                 signal(SIGINT, sig)
         
         sys.stdout.flush()
         sys.stderr.flush()
         self._publish_status(u'idle')
     
     def enter_eventloop(self):
         """enter eventloop"""
         self.log.info("entering eventloop %s", self.eventloop)
         for stream in self.shell_streams:
             # flush any pending replies,
             # which may be skipped by entering the eventloop
             stream.flush(zmq.POLLOUT)
         # restore default_int_handler
         signal(SIGINT, default_int_handler)
         while self.eventloop is not None:
             try:
                 self.eventloop(self)
             except KeyboardInterrupt:
                 # Ctrl-C shouldn't crash the kernel
                 self.log.error("KeyboardInterrupt caught in kernel")
                 continue
             else:
                 # eventloop exited cleanly, this means we should stop (right?)
                 self.eventloop = None
                 break
         self.log.info("exiting eventloop")
 
     def start(self):
         """register dispatchers for streams"""
         if self.control_stream:
             self.control_stream.on_recv(self.dispatch_control, copy=False)
 
         def make_dispatcher(stream):
             def dispatcher(msg):
                 return self.dispatch_shell(stream, msg)
             return dispatcher
 
         for s in self.shell_streams:
             s.on_recv(make_dispatcher(s), copy=False)
 
         # publish idle status
         self._publish_status('starting')
     
     def do_one_iteration(self):
         """step eventloop just once"""
         if self.control_stream:
             self.control_stream.flush()
         for stream in self.shell_streams:
             # handle at most one request per iteration
             stream.flush(zmq.POLLIN, 1)
             stream.flush(zmq.POLLOUT)
 
 
     def record_ports(self, ports):
         """Record the ports that this kernel is using.
 
         The creator of the Kernel instance must call this methods if they
         want the :meth:`connect_request` method to return the port numbers.
         """
         self._recorded_ports = ports
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Kernel request handlers
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     
     def _make_metadata(self, other=None):
         """init metadata dict, for execute/apply_reply"""
         new_md = {
             'dependencies_met' : True,
             'engine' : self.ident,
             'started': datetime.now(),
         }
         if other:
             new_md.update(other)
         return new_md
     
     def _publish_execute_input(self, code, parent, execution_count):
         """Publish the code request on the iopub stream."""
 
         self.session.send(self.iopub_socket, u'execute_input',
                             {u'code':code, u'execution_count': execution_count},
                             parent=parent, ident=self._topic('execute_input')
         )
     
     def _publish_status(self, status, parent=None):
         """send status (busy/idle) on IOPub"""
         self.session.send(self.iopub_socket,
                           u'status',
                           {u'execution_state': status},
                           parent=parent or self._parent_header,
                           ident=self._topic('status'),
                           )
     
     def set_parent(self, ident, parent):
         """Set the current parent_header
         
         Side effects (IOPub messages) and replies are associated with
         the request that caused them via the parent_header.
         
         The parent identity is used to route input_request messages
         on the stdin channel.
         """
         self._parent_ident = ident
         self._parent_header = parent
     
     def send_response(self, stream, msg_or_type, content=None, ident=None,
              buffers=None, track=False, header=None, metadata=None):
         """Send a response to the message we're currently processing.
         
         This accepts all the parameters of :meth:`IPython.kernel.zmq.session.Session.send`
         except ``parent``.
         
         This relies on :meth:`set_parent` having been called for the current
         message.
         """
         return self.session.send(stream, msg_or_type, content, self._parent_header,
                                  ident, buffers, track, header, metadata)
     
     def execute_request(self, stream, ident, parent):
         """handle an execute_request"""
         
         try:
             content = parent[u'content']
             code = py3compat.cast_unicode_py2(content[u'code'])
             silent = content[u'silent']
             store_history = content.get(u'store_history', not silent)
             user_expressions = content.get('user_expressions', {})
             allow_stdin = content.get('allow_stdin', False)
         except:
             self.log.error("Got bad msg: ")
             self.log.error("%s", parent)
             return
         
+        if u'skip_exceptions' in content and content[u'skip_exceptions'] is True:
+            skip_exceptions = True
+        else:
+            skip_exceptions = False
+
         md = self._make_metadata(parent['metadata'])
         
         # Re-broadcast our input for the benefit of listening clients, and
         # start computing output
         if not silent:
             self.execution_count += 1
             self._publish_execute_input(code, parent, self.execution_count)
         
         reply_content = self.do_execute(code, silent, store_history,
                                         user_expressions, allow_stdin)
 
         # Flush output before sending the reply.
         sys.stdout.flush()
         sys.stderr.flush()
         # FIXME: on rare occasions, the flush doesn't seem to make it to the
         # clients... This seems to mitigate the problem, but we definitely need
         # to better understand what's going on.
         if self._execute_sleep:
             time.sleep(self._execute_sleep)
 
         # Send the reply.
         reply_content = json_clean(reply_content)
         
         md['status'] = reply_content['status']
         if reply_content['status'] == 'error' and \
                         reply_content['ename'] == 'UnmetDependency':
                 md['dependencies_met'] = False
 
         reply_msg = self.session.send(stream, u'execute_reply',
                                       reply_content, parent, metadata=md,
                                       ident=ident)
         
         self.log.debug("%s", reply_msg)
 
-        if not silent and reply_msg['content']['status'] == u'error':
+        if not silent and reply_msg['content']['status'] == u'error' and not skip_exceptions:
             self._abort_queues()
 
     def do_execute(self, code, silent, store_history=True,
-                   user_experssions=None, allow_stdin=False):
+                   user_expressions=None, allow_stdin=False):
         """Execute user code. Must be overridden by subclasses.
         """
         raise NotImplementedError
 
     def complete_request(self, stream, ident, parent):
         content = parent['content']
         code = content['code']
         cursor_pos = content['cursor_pos']
         
         matches = self.do_complete(code, cursor_pos)
         matches = json_clean(matches)
         completion_msg = self.session.send(stream, 'complete_reply',
                                            matches, parent, ident)
         self.log.debug("%s", completion_msg)
 
     def do_complete(self, code, cursor_pos):
         """Override in subclasses to find completions.
         """
         return {'matches' : [],
                 'cursor_end' : cursor_pos,
                 'cursor_start' : cursor_pos,
                 'metadata' : {},
                 'status' : 'ok'}
 
     def inspect_request(self, stream, ident, parent):
         content = parent['content']
         
         reply_content = self.do_inspect(content['code'], content['cursor_pos'],
                                         content.get('detail_level', 0))
         # Before we send this object over, we scrub it for JSON usage
         reply_content = json_clean(reply_content)
         msg = self.session.send(stream, 'inspect_reply',
                                 reply_content, parent, ident)
         self.log.debug("%s", msg)
 
     def do_inspect(self, code, cursor_pos, detail_level=0):
         """Override in subclasses to allow introspection.
         """
         return {'status': 'ok', 'data':{}, 'metadata':{}, 'found':False}
 
     def history_request(self, stream, ident, parent):
         content = parent['content']
 
         reply_content = self.do_history(**content)
 
         reply_content = json_clean(reply_content)
         msg = self.session.send(stream, 'history_reply',
                                 reply_content, parent, ident)
         self.log.debug("%s", msg)
 
     def do_history(self, hist_access_type, output, raw, session=None, start=None,
                    stop=None, n=None, pattern=None, unique=False):
         """Override in subclasses to access history.
         """
         return {'history': []}
 
     def connect_request(self, stream, ident, parent):
         if self._recorded_ports is not None:
             content = self._recorded_ports.copy()
         else:
             content = {}
         msg = self.session.send(stream, 'connect_reply',
                                 content, parent, ident)
         self.log.debug("%s", msg)
 
     @property
     def kernel_info(self):
         return {
             'protocol_version': release.kernel_protocol_version,
             'implementation': self.implementation,
             'implementation_version': self.implementation_version,
             'language_info': self.language_info,
             'banner': self.banner,
             'help_links': self.help_links,
         }
 
     def kernel_info_request(self, stream, ident, parent):
         msg = self.session.send(stream, 'kernel_info_reply',
                                 self.kernel_info, parent, ident)
         self.log.debug("%s", msg)
 
     def shutdown_request(self, stream, ident, parent):
         content = self.do_shutdown(parent['content']['restart'])
         self.session.send(stream, u'shutdown_reply', content, parent, ident=ident)
         # same content, but different msg_id for broadcasting on IOPub
         self._shutdown_message = self.session.msg(u'shutdown_reply',
                                                   content, parent
         )
 
         self._at_shutdown()
         # call sys.exit after a short delay
         loop = ioloop.IOLoop.instance()
         loop.add_timeout(time.time()+0.1, loop.stop)
 
     def do_shutdown(self, restart):
         """Override in subclasses to do things when the frontend shuts down the
         kernel.
         """
         return {'status': 'ok', 'restart': restart}
     
     def is_complete_request(self, stream, ident, parent):
         content = parent['content']
         code = content['code']
         
         reply_content = self.do_is_complete(code)
         reply_content = json_clean(reply_content)
         reply_msg = self.session.send(stream, 'is_complete_reply',
                                            reply_content, parent, ident)
         self.log.debug("%s", reply_msg)
 
     def do_is_complete(self, code):
         """Override in subclasses to find completions.
         """
         return {'status' : 'unknown',
                 }
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Engine methods
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def apply_request(self, stream, ident, parent):
         try:
             content = parent[u'content']
             bufs = parent[u'buffers']
             msg_id = parent['header']['msg_id']
         except:
             self.log.error("Got bad msg: %s", parent, exc_info=True)
             return
 
         md = self._make_metadata(parent['metadata'])
 
         reply_content, result_buf = self.do_apply(content, bufs, msg_id, md)
 
         # put 'ok'/'error' status in header, for scheduler introspection:
         md['status'] = reply_content['status']
 
         # flush i/o
         sys.stdout.flush()
         sys.stderr.flush()
         
         self.session.send(stream, u'apply_reply', reply_content,
                     parent=parent, ident=ident,buffers=result_buf, metadata=md)
 
     def do_apply(self, content, bufs, msg_id, reply_metadata):
         """Override in subclasses to support the IPython parallel framework.
         """
         raise NotImplementedError
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Control messages
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def abort_request(self, stream, ident, parent):
         """abort a specific msg by id"""
         msg_ids = parent['content'].get('msg_ids', None)
         if isinstance(msg_ids, string_types):
             msg_ids = [msg_ids]
         if not msg_ids:
             self._abort_queues()
         for mid in msg_ids:
             self.aborted.add(str(mid))
 
         content = dict(status='ok')
         reply_msg = self.session.send(stream, 'abort_reply', content=content,
                 parent=parent, ident=ident)
         self.log.debug("%s", reply_msg)
 
     def clear_request(self, stream, idents, parent):
         """Clear our namespace."""
         content = self.do_clear()
         self.session.send(stream, 'clear_reply', ident=idents, parent=parent,
                 content = content)
 
     def do_clear(self):
         """Override in subclasses to clear the namespace
         
         This is only required for IPython.parallel.
         """
         raise NotImplementedError
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Protected interface
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def _topic(self, topic):
         """prefixed topic for IOPub messages"""
         if self.int_id >= 0:
             base = "engine.%i" % self.int_id
         else:
             base = "kernel.%s" % self.ident
         
         return py3compat.cast_bytes("%s.%s" % (base, topic))
     
     def _abort_queues(self):
         for stream in self.shell_streams:
             if stream:
                 self._abort_queue(stream)
 
     def _abort_queue(self, stream):
         poller = zmq.Poller()
         poller.register(stream.socket, zmq.POLLIN)
         while True:
             idents,msg = self.session.recv(stream, zmq.NOBLOCK, content=True)
             if msg is None:
                 return
 
             self.log.info("Aborting:")
             self.log.info("%s", msg)
             msg_type = msg['header']['msg_type']
             reply_type = msg_type.split('_')[0] + '_reply'
 
             status = {'status' : 'aborted'}
             md = {'engine' : self.ident}
             md.update(status)
             reply_msg = self.session.send(stream, reply_type, metadata=md,
                         content=status, parent=msg, ident=idents)
             self.log.debug("%s", reply_msg)
             # We need to wait a bit for requests to come in. This can probably
             # be set shorter for true asynchronous clients.
             poller.poll(50)
 
 
     def _no_raw_input(self):
         """Raise StdinNotImplentedError if active frontend doesn't support
         stdin."""
         raise StdinNotImplementedError("raw_input was called, but this "
                                        "frontend does not support stdin.") 
     
     def getpass(self, prompt=''):
         """Forward getpass to frontends
         
         Raises
         ------
         StdinNotImplentedError if active frontend doesn't support stdin.
         """
         if not self._allow_stdin:
             raise StdinNotImplementedError(
                 "getpass was called, but this frontend does not support input requests."
             )
         return self._input_request(prompt,
             self._parent_ident,
             self._parent_header,
             password=True,
         )
     
     def raw_input(self, prompt=''):
         """Forward raw_input to frontends
         
         Raises
         ------
         StdinNotImplentedError if active frontend doesn't support stdin.
         """
         if not self._allow_stdin:
             raise StdinNotImplementedError(
                 "raw_input was called, but this frontend does not support input requests."
             )
         return self._input_request(prompt,
             self._parent_ident,
             self._parent_header,
             password=False,
         )
     
     def _input_request(self, prompt, ident, parent, password=False):
         # Flush output before making the request.
         sys.stderr.flush()
         sys.stdout.flush()
         # flush the stdin socket, to purge stale replies
         while True:
             try:
                 self.stdin_socket.recv_multipart(zmq.NOBLOCK)
             except zmq.ZMQError as e:
                 if e.errno == zmq.EAGAIN:
                     break
                 else:
                     raise
         
         # Send the input request.
         content = json_clean(dict(prompt=prompt, password=password))
         self.session.send(self.stdin_socket, u'input_request', content, parent,
                           ident=ident)
 
         # Await a response.
         while True:
             try:
                 ident, reply = self.session.recv(self.stdin_socket, 0)
             except Exception:
                 self.log.warn("Invalid Message:", exc_info=True)
             except KeyboardInterrupt:
                 # re-raise KeyboardInterrupt, to truncate traceback
                 raise KeyboardInterrupt
             else:
                 break
         try:
             value = py3compat.unicode_to_str(reply['content']['value'])
         except:
             self.log.error("Bad input_reply: %s", parent)
             value = ''
         if value == '\x04':
             # EOF
             raise EOFError
         return value
 
     def _at_shutdown(self):
         """Actions taken at shutdown by the kernel, called by python's atexit.
         """
         # io.rprint("Kernel at_shutdown") # dbg
         if self._shutdown_message is not None:
             self.session.send(self.iopub_socket, self._shutdown_message, ident=self._topic('shutdown'))
             self.log.debug("%s", self._shutdown_message)
         [ s.flush(zmq.POLLOUT) for s in self.shell_streams ]

docs/source/development/messaging.rst

@@ -1,1204 +1,1208 b''
 .. _messaging:
 
 ======================
  Messaging in IPython
 ======================
 
 
 Versioning
 ==========
 
 The IPython message specification is versioned independently of IPython.
 The current version of the specification is 5.0.
 
 
 Introduction
 ============
 
 This document explains the basic communications design and messaging
 specification for how the various IPython objects interact over a network
 transport.  The current implementation uses the ZeroMQ_ library for messaging
 within and between hosts.
 
 .. Note::
 
    This document should be considered the authoritative description of the
    IPython messaging protocol, and all developers are strongly encouraged to
    keep it updated as the implementation evolves, so that we have a single
    common reference for all protocol details.
 
 The basic design is explained in the following diagram:
 
 .. image:: figs/frontend-kernel.png
    :width: 450px
    :alt: IPython kernel/frontend messaging architecture.
    :align: center
    :target: ../_images/frontend-kernel.png
 
 A single kernel can be simultaneously connected to one or more frontends.  The
 kernel has three sockets that serve the following functions:
 
 1. Shell: this single ROUTER socket allows multiple incoming connections from
    frontends, and this is the socket where requests for code execution, object
    information, prompts, etc. are made to the kernel by any frontend.  The
    communication on this socket is a sequence of request/reply actions from
    each frontend and the kernel.
 
 2. IOPub: this socket is the 'broadcast channel' where the kernel publishes all
    side effects (stdout, stderr, etc.) as well as the requests coming from any
    client over the shell socket and its own requests on the stdin socket.  There
    are a number of actions in Python which generate side effects: :func:`print`
    writes to ``sys.stdout``, errors generate tracebacks, etc.  Additionally, in
    a multi-client scenario, we want all frontends to be able to know what each
    other has sent to the kernel (this can be useful in collaborative scenarios,
    for example).  This socket allows both side effects and the information
    about communications taking place with one client over the shell channel
    to be made available to all clients in a uniform manner.
 
 3. stdin: this ROUTER socket is connected to all frontends, and it allows
    the kernel to request input from the active frontend when :func:`raw_input` is called.
    The frontend that executed the code has a DEALER socket that acts as a 'virtual keyboard'
    for the kernel while this communication is happening (illustrated in the
    figure by the black outline around the central keyboard).  In practice,
    frontends may display such kernel requests using a special input widget or
    otherwise indicating that the user is to type input for the kernel instead
    of normal commands in the frontend.
 
    All messages are tagged with enough information (details below) for clients
    to know which messages come from their own interaction with the kernel and
    which ones are from other clients, so they can display each type
    appropriately.
 
 4. Control: This channel is identical to Shell, but operates on a separate socket,
    to allow important messages to avoid queueing behind execution requests (e.g. shutdown or abort).
 
 The actual format of the messages allowed on each of these channels is
 specified below.  Messages are dicts of dicts with string keys and values that
 are reasonably representable in JSON.  Our current implementation uses JSON
 explicitly as its message format, but this shouldn't be considered a permanent
 feature.  As we've discovered that JSON has non-trivial performance issues due
 to excessive copying, we may in the future move to a pure pickle-based raw
 message format.  However, it should be possible to easily convert from the raw
 objects to JSON, since we may have non-python clients (e.g. a web frontend).
 As long as it's easy to make a JSON version of the objects that is a faithful
 representation of all the data, we can communicate with such clients.
 
 .. Note::
 
    Not all of these have yet been fully fleshed out, but the key ones are, see
    kernel and frontend files for actual implementation details.
 
 General Message Format
 ======================
 
 A message is defined by the following four-dictionary structure::
 
     {
       # The message header contains a pair of unique identifiers for the
       # originating session and the actual message id, in addition to the
       # username for the process that generated the message.  This is useful in
       # collaborative settings where multiple users may be interacting with the
       # same kernel simultaneously, so that frontends can label the various
       # messages in a meaningful way.
       'header' : {
                     'msg_id' : uuid,
                     'username' : str,
                     'session' : uuid,
                     # All recognized message type strings are listed below.
                     'msg_type' : str,
                     # the message protocol version
                     'version' : '5.0',
          },
 
       # In a chain of messages, the header from the parent is copied so that
       # clients can track where messages come from.
       'parent_header' : dict,
       
       # Any metadata associated with the message.
       'metadata' : dict,
       
       # The actual content of the message must be a dict, whose structure
       # depends on the message type.
       'content' : dict,
     }
 
 .. versionchanged:: 5.0
 
     ``version`` key added to the header.
 
 .. _wire_protocol:
 
 The Wire Protocol
 =================
 
 
 This message format exists at a high level,
 but does not describe the actual *implementation* at the wire level in zeromq.
 The canonical implementation of the message spec is our :class:`~IPython.kernel.zmq.session.Session` class.
 
 .. note::
 
     This section should only be relevant to non-Python consumers of the protocol.
     Python consumers should simply import and use IPython's own implementation of the wire protocol
     in the :class:`IPython.kernel.zmq.session.Session` object.
 
 Every message is serialized to a sequence of at least six blobs of bytes:
 
 .. sourcecode:: python
 
     [
       b'u-u-i-d',         # zmq identity(ies)
       b'<IDS|MSG>',       # delimiter
       b'baddad42',        # HMAC signature
       b'{header}',        # serialized header dict
       b'{parent_header}', # serialized parent header dict
       b'{metadata}',      # serialized metadata dict
       b'{content},        # serialized content dict
       b'blob',            # extra raw data buffer(s)
       ...
     ]
 
 The front of the message is the ZeroMQ routing prefix,
 which can be zero or more socket identities.
 This is every piece of the message prior to the delimiter key ``<IDS|MSG>``.
 In the case of IOPub, there should be just one prefix component,
 which is the topic for IOPub subscribers, e.g. ``execute_result``, ``display_data``.
 
 .. note::
 
     In most cases, the IOPub topics are irrelevant and completely ignored,
     because frontends just subscribe to all topics.
     The convention used in the IPython kernel is to use the msg_type as the topic,
     and possibly extra information about the message, e.g. ``execute_result`` or ``stream.stdout``
 
 After the delimiter is the `HMAC`_ signature of the message, used for authentication.
 If authentication is disabled, this should be an empty string.
 By default, the hashing function used for computing these signatures is sha256.
 
 .. _HMAC: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAC
 
 .. note::
 
     To disable authentication and signature checking,
     set the `key` field of a connection file to an empty string.
 
 The signature is the HMAC hex digest of the concatenation of:
 
 - A shared key (typically the ``key`` field of a connection file)
 - The serialized header dict
 - The serialized parent header dict
 - The serialized metadata dict
 - The serialized content dict
 
 In Python, this is implemented via:
 
 .. sourcecode:: python
 
     # once:
     digester = HMAC(key, digestmod=hashlib.sha256)
     
     # for each message
     d = digester.copy()
     for serialized_dict in (header, parent, metadata, content):
         d.update(serialized_dict)
     signature = d.hexdigest()
 
 After the signature is the actual message, always in four frames of bytes.
 The four dictionaries that compose a message are serialized separately,
 in the order of header, parent header, metadata, and content.
 These can be serialized by any function that turns a dict into bytes.
 The default and most common serialization is JSON, but msgpack and pickle
 are common alternatives.
 
 After the serialized dicts are zero to many raw data buffers,
 which can be used by message types that support binary data (mainly apply and data_pub).
 
 
 Python functional API
 =====================
 
 As messages are dicts, they map naturally to a ``func(**kw)`` call form.  We
 should develop, at a few key points, functional forms of all the requests that
 take arguments in this manner and automatically construct the necessary dict
 for sending.
 
 In addition, the Python implementation of the message specification extends
 messages upon deserialization to the following form for convenience::
 
     {
       'header' : dict,
       # The msg's unique identifier and type are always stored in the header,
       # but the Python implementation copies them to the top level.
       'msg_id' : uuid,
       'msg_type' : str,
       'parent_header' : dict,
       'content' : dict,
       'metadata' : dict,
     }
 
 All messages sent to or received by any IPython process should have this
 extended structure.
 
 
 Messages on the shell ROUTER/DEALER sockets
 ===========================================
 
 .. _execute:
 
 Execute
 -------
 
 This message type is used by frontends to ask the kernel to execute code on
 behalf of the user, in a namespace reserved to the user's variables (and thus
 separate from the kernel's own internal code and variables).
 
 Message type: ``execute_request``::
 
     content = {
         # Source code to be executed by the kernel, one or more lines.
     'code' : str,
 
     # A boolean flag which, if True, signals the kernel to execute
     # this code as quietly as possible.
     # silent=True forces store_history to be False,
     # and will *not*:
     #   - broadcast output on the IOPUB channel
     #   - have an execute_result
     # The default is False.
     'silent' : bool,
 
     # A boolean flag which, if True, signals the kernel to populate history
     # The default is True if silent is False.  If silent is True, store_history
     # is forced to be False.
     'store_history' : bool,
 
     # A dict mapping names to expressions to be evaluated in the
     # user's dict. The rich display-data representation of each will be evaluated after execution.
     # See the display_data content for the structure of the representation data.
     'user_expressions' : dict,
 
     # Some frontends do not support stdin requests.
     # If raw_input is called from code executed from such a frontend,
     # a StdinNotImplementedError will be raised.
     'allow_stdin' : True,
+
+    # A boolean flag, which, if True, does not abort the execution queue, if an exception is encountered.
+    # This allows the queued execution of multiple execute_requests, even if they generate exceptions.
+    'skip_exceptions' : True,
     }
 
 .. versionchanged:: 5.0
 
     ``user_variables`` removed, because it is redundant with user_expressions.
 
 The ``code`` field contains a single string (possibly multiline) to be executed.
 
 The ``user_expressions`` field deserves a detailed explanation.  In the past, IPython had
 the notion of a prompt string that allowed arbitrary code to be evaluated, and
 this was put to good use by many in creating prompts that displayed system
 status, path information, and even more esoteric uses like remote instrument
 status acquired over the network.  But now that IPython has a clean separation
 between the kernel and the clients, the kernel has no prompt knowledge; prompts
 are a frontend feature, and it should be even possible for different
 frontends to display different prompts while interacting with the same kernel.
 ``user_expressions`` can be used to retrieve this information.
 
 Any error in evaluating any expression in ``user_expressions`` will result in
 only that key containing a standard error message, of the form::
 
     {
         'status' : 'error',
         'ename' : 'NameError',
         'evalue' : 'foo',
         'traceback' : ...
     }
 
 .. Note::
 
    In order to obtain the current execution counter for the purposes of
    displaying input prompts, frontends may make an execution request with an
    empty code string and ``silent=True``.
 
 Upon completion of the execution request, the kernel *always* sends a reply,
 with a status code indicating what happened and additional data depending on
 the outcome.  See :ref:`below <execution_results>` for the possible return
 codes and associated data.
 
 .. seealso::
 
     :ref:`execution_semantics`
 
 .. _execution_counter:
 
 Execution counter (prompt number)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 The kernel should have a single, monotonically increasing counter of all execution
 requests that are made with ``store_history=True``. This counter is used to populate
 the ``In[n]`` and ``Out[n]`` prompts.  The value of this counter will be returned as the
 ``execution_count`` field of all ``execute_reply`` and ``execute_input`` messages.
 
 .. _execution_results:
 
 Execution results
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     
 Message type: ``execute_reply``::
 
     content = {
       # One of: 'ok' OR 'error' OR 'abort'
       'status' : str,
 
       # The global kernel counter that increases by one with each request that 
       # stores history.  This will typically be used by clients to display
       # prompt numbers to the user.  If the request did not store history, this will
       # be the current value of the counter in the kernel.
       'execution_count' : int,
     }
 
 When status is 'ok', the following extra fields are present::
 
     {
       # 'payload' will be a list of payload dicts, and is optional.
       # payloads are considered deprecated.
       # The only requirement of each payload dict is that it have a 'source' key,
       # which is a string classifying the payload (e.g. 'page').
       
       'payload' : list(dict),
 
       # Results for the user_expressions.
       'user_expressions' : dict,
     }
 
 .. versionchanged:: 5.0
 
     ``user_variables`` is removed, use user_expressions instead.
 
 When status is 'error', the following extra fields are present::
 
     {
       'ename' : str,   # Exception name, as a string
       'evalue' : str,  # Exception value, as a string
 
       # The traceback will contain a list of frames, represented each as a
       # string.  For now we'll stick to the existing design of ultraTB, which
       # controls exception level of detail statefully.  But eventually we'll
       # want to grow into a model where more information is collected and
       # packed into the traceback object, with clients deciding how little or
       # how much of it to unpack.  But for now, let's start with a simple list
       # of strings, since that requires only minimal changes to ultratb as
       # written.
       'traceback' : list,
     }
 
 
 When status is 'abort', there are for now no additional data fields.  This
 happens when the kernel was interrupted by a signal.
 
 Payloads
 ********
 
 .. admonition:: Execution payloads
 
     Payloads are considered deprecated, though their replacement is not yet implemented.
 
 Payloads are a way to trigger frontend actions from the kernel. Current payloads:
 
 **page**: display data in a pager.
 
 Pager output is used for introspection, or other displayed information that's not considered output.
 Pager payloads are generally displayed in a separate pane, that can be viewed alongside code,
 and are not included in notebook documents.
 
 .. sourcecode:: python
 
     {
       "source": "page",
       # mime-bundle of data to display in the pager.
       # Must include text/plain.
       "data": mimebundle,
       # line offset to start from
       "start": int,
     }
 
 **set_next_input**: create a new output
 
 used to create new cells in the notebook,
 or set the next input in a console interface.
 The main example being ``%load``.
 
 .. sourcecode:: python
 
     {
       "source": "set_next_input",
       # the text contents of the cell to create
       "text": "some cell content",
       # If true, replace the current cell in document UIs instead of inserting
       # a cell. Ignored in console UIs.
       "replace": bool,
     }
 
 **edit**: open a file for editing.
 
 Triggered by `%edit`. Only the QtConsole currently supports edit payloads.
 
 .. sourcecode:: python
 
     {
       "source": "edit",
       "filename": "/path/to/file.py", # the file to edit
       "line_number": int, # the line number to start with
     }
 
 **ask_exit**: instruct the frontend to prompt the user for exit
 
 Allows the kernel to request exit, e.g. via ``%exit`` in IPython.
 Only for console frontends.
 
 .. sourcecode:: python
 
     {
       "source": "ask_exit",
       # whether the kernel should be left running, only closing the client
       "keepkernel": bool,
     }
 
 
 .. _msging_inspection:
 
 Introspection
 -------------
 
 Code can be inspected to show useful information to the user.
 It is up to the Kernel to decide what information should be displayed, and its formatting.
 
 Message type: ``inspect_request``::
 
     content = {
         # The code context in which introspection is requested
         # this may be up to an entire multiline cell.
         'code' : str,
         
         # The cursor position within 'code' (in unicode characters) where inspection is requested
         'cursor_pos' : int,
 
         # The level of detail desired.  In IPython, the default (0) is equivalent to typing
         # 'x?' at the prompt, 1 is equivalent to 'x??'.
         # The difference is up to kernels, but in IPython level 1 includes the source code
         # if available.
         'detail_level' : 0 or 1,
     }
 
 .. versionchanged:: 5.0
 
     ``object_info_request`` renamed to ``inspect_request``.
 
 .. versionchanged:: 5.0
 
     ``name`` key replaced with ``code`` and ``cursor_pos``,
     moving the lexing responsibility to the kernel.
 
 The reply is a mime-bundle, like a `display_data`_ message,
 which should be a formatted representation of information about the context.
 In the notebook, this is used to show tooltips over function calls, etc.
 
 Message type: ``inspect_reply``::
 
     content = {
         # 'ok' if the request succeeded or 'error', with error information as in all other replies.
         'status' : 'ok',
         
         # data can be empty if nothing is found
         'data' : dict,
         'metadata' : dict,
     }
 
 .. versionchanged:: 5.0
 
     ``object_info_reply`` renamed to ``inspect_reply``.
 
 .. versionchanged:: 5.0
 
     Reply is changed from structured data to a mime bundle,  allowing formatting decisions to be made by the kernel.
 
 .. _msging_completion:
 
 Completion
 ----------
 
 Message type: ``complete_request``::
 
     content = {
         # The code context in which completion is requested
         # this may be up to an entire multiline cell, such as
         # 'foo = a.isal'
         'code' : str,
         
         # The cursor position within 'code' (in unicode characters) where completion is requested
         'cursor_pos' : int,
     }
 
 .. versionchanged:: 5.0
 
     ``line``, ``block``, and ``text`` keys are removed in favor of a single ``code`` for context.
     Lexing is up to the kernel.
 
 
 Message type: ``complete_reply``::
 
     content = {
     # The list of all matches to the completion request, such as
     # ['a.isalnum', 'a.isalpha'] for the above example.
     'matches' : list,
     
     # The range of text that should be replaced by the above matches when a completion is accepted.
     # typically cursor_end is the same as cursor_pos in the request.
     'cursor_start' : int,
     'cursor_end' : int,
     
     # Information that frontend plugins might use for extra display information about completions.
     'metadata' : dict,
     
     # status should be 'ok' unless an exception was raised during the request,
     # in which case it should be 'error', along with the usual error message content
     # in other messages.
     'status' : 'ok'
     }
 
 .. versionchanged:: 5.0
 
     - ``matched_text`` is removed in favor of ``cursor_start`` and ``cursor_end``.
     - ``metadata`` is added for extended information.
 
 .. _msging_history:
 
 History
 -------
 
 For clients to explicitly request history from a kernel.  The kernel has all
 the actual execution history stored in a single location, so clients can
 request it from the kernel when needed.
 
 Message type: ``history_request``::
 
     content = {
     
       # If True, also return output history in the resulting dict.
       'output' : bool,
 
       # If True, return the raw input history, else the transformed input.
       'raw' : bool,
 
       # So far, this can be 'range', 'tail' or 'search'.
       'hist_access_type' : str,
       
       # If hist_access_type is 'range', get a range of input cells. session can
       # be a positive session number, or a negative number to count back from
       # the current session.
       'session' : int,
       # start and stop are line numbers within that session.
       'start' : int,
       'stop' : int,
       
       # If hist_access_type is 'tail' or 'search', get the last n cells.
       'n' : int,
       
       # If hist_access_type is 'search', get cells matching the specified glob
       # pattern (with * and ? as wildcards).
       'pattern' : str,
 
       # If hist_access_type is 'search' and unique is true, do not
       # include duplicated history.  Default is false.
       'unique' : bool,
       
     }
 
 .. versionadded:: 4.0
    The key ``unique`` for ``history_request``.
 
 Message type: ``history_reply``::
 
     content = {
       # A list of 3 tuples, either:
       # (session, line_number, input) or
       # (session, line_number, (input, output)),
       # depending on whether output was False or True, respectively.
       'history' : list,
     }
 
 .. _msging_is_complete:
 
 Code completeness
 -----------------
 
 .. versionadded:: 5.0
 
 When the user enters a line in a console style interface, the console must
 decide whether to immediately execute the current code, or whether to show a
 continuation prompt for further input. For instance, in Python ``a = 5`` would
 be executed immediately, while ``for i in range(5):`` would expect further input.
 
 There are four possible replies:
 
 - *complete* code is ready to be executed
 - *incomplete* code should prompt for another line
 - *invalid* code will typically be sent for execution, so that the user sees the
   error soonest.
 - *unknown* - if the kernel is not able to determine this. The frontend should
   also handle the kernel not replying promptly. It may default to sending the
   code for execution, or it may implement simple fallback heuristics for whether
   to execute the code (e.g. execute after a blank line).
 
 Frontends may have ways to override this, forcing the code to be sent for
 execution or forcing a continuation prompt.
 
 Message type: ``is_complete_request``::
 
     content = {
         # The code entered so far as a multiline string
         'code' : str,
     }
 
 Message type: ``is_complete_reply``::
 
     content = {
         # One of 'complete', 'incomplete', 'invalid', 'unknown'
         'status' : str,
         
         # If status is 'incomplete', indent should contain the characters to use
         # to indent the next line. This is only a hint: frontends may ignore it
         # and use their own autoindentation rules. For other statuses, this
         # field does not exist.
         'indent': str,
     }
 
 Connect
 -------
 
 When a client connects to the request/reply socket of the kernel, it can issue
 a connect request to get basic information about the kernel, such as the ports
 the other ZeroMQ sockets are listening on. This allows clients to only have
 to know about a single port (the shell channel) to connect to a kernel.
 
 Message type: ``connect_request``::
 
     content = {
     }
 
 Message type: ``connect_reply``::
 
     content = {
         'shell_port' : int,   # The port the shell ROUTER socket is listening on.
         'iopub_port' : int,   # The port the PUB socket is listening on.
         'stdin_port' : int,   # The port the stdin ROUTER socket is listening on.
         'hb_port' : int,      # The port the heartbeat socket is listening on.
     }
 
 .. _msging_kernel_info:
 
 Kernel info
 -----------
 
 If a client needs to know information about the kernel, it can
 make a request of the kernel's information.
 This message can be used to fetch core information of the
 kernel, including language (e.g., Python), language version number and
 IPython version number, and the IPython message spec version number.
 
 Message type: ``kernel_info_request``::
 
     content = {
     }
 
 Message type: ``kernel_info_reply``::
 
     content = {
         # Version of messaging protocol.
         # The first integer indicates major version.  It is incremented when
         # there is any backward incompatible change.
         # The second integer indicates minor version.  It is incremented when
         # there is any backward compatible change.
         'protocol_version': 'X.Y.Z',
 
         # The kernel implementation name
         # (e.g. 'ipython' for the IPython kernel)
         'implementation': str,
 
         # Implementation version number.
         # The version number of the kernel's implementation
         # (e.g. IPython.__version__ for the IPython kernel)
         'implementation_version': 'X.Y.Z',
 
         # Information about the language of code for the kernel
         'language_info': {
             # Name of the programming language in which kernel is implemented.
             # Kernel included in IPython returns 'python'.
             'name': str,
             
             # Language version number.
             # It is Python version number (e.g., '2.7.3') for the kernel
             # included in IPython.
             'version': 'X.Y.Z',
             
             # mimetype for script files in this language
             'mimetype': str,
 
             # Extension without the dot, e.g. 'py'
             'file_extension': str,
 
             # Pygments lexer, for highlighting
             # Only needed if it differs from the top level 'language' field.
             'pygments_lexer': str,
 
             # Codemirror mode, for for highlighting in the notebook.
             # Only needed if it differs from the top level 'language' field.
             'codemirror_mode': str or dict,
 
             # Nbconvert exporter, if notebooks written with this kernel should
             # be exported with something other than the general 'script'
             # exporter.
             'nbconvert_exporter': str,
         },
 
         # A banner of information about the kernel,
         # which may be desplayed in console environments.
         'banner' : str,
 
         # Optional: A list of dictionaries, each with keys 'text' and 'url'.
         # These will be displayed in the help menu in the notebook UI.
         'help_links': [
             {'text': str, 'url': str}
         ],
     }
 
 Refer to the lists of available `Pygments lexers <http://pygments.org/docs/lexers/>`_
 and `codemirror modes <http://codemirror.net/mode/index.html>`_ for those fields.
 
 .. versionchanged:: 5.0
 
     Versions changed from lists of integers to strings.
     
 .. versionchanged:: 5.0
 
     ``ipython_version`` is removed.
 
 .. versionchanged:: 5.0
 
     ``language_info``, ``implementation``, ``implementation_version``, ``banner``
     and ``help_links`` keys are added.
 
 .. versionchanged:: 5.0
 
     ``language_version`` moved to ``language_info.version``
 
 .. versionchanged:: 5.0
 
     ``language`` moved to ``language_info.name``
 
 .. _msging_shutdown:
 
 Kernel shutdown
 ---------------
 
 The clients can request the kernel to shut itself down; this is used in
 multiple cases:
 
 - when the user chooses to close the client application via a menu or window
   control.
 - when the user types 'exit' or 'quit' (or their uppercase magic equivalents).
 - when the user chooses a GUI method (like the 'Ctrl-C' shortcut in the
   IPythonQt client) to force a kernel restart to get a clean kernel without
   losing client-side state like history or inlined figures.
 
 The client sends a shutdown request to the kernel, and once it receives the
 reply message (which is otherwise empty), it can assume that the kernel has
 completed shutdown safely.
 
 Upon their own shutdown, client applications will typically execute a last
 minute sanity check and forcefully terminate any kernel that is still alive, to
 avoid leaving stray processes in the user's machine.
 
 Message type: ``shutdown_request``::
 
     content = {
         'restart' : bool # whether the shutdown is final, or precedes a restart
     }
 
 Message type: ``shutdown_reply``::
 
     content = {
         'restart' : bool # whether the shutdown is final, or precedes a restart
     }
 
 .. Note::
 
    When the clients detect a dead kernel thanks to inactivity on the heartbeat
    socket, they simply send a forceful process termination signal, since a dead
    process is unlikely to respond in any useful way to messages.
     
 
 Messages on the PUB/SUB socket
 ==============================
 
 Streams (stdout,  stderr, etc)
 ------------------------------
 
 Message type: ``stream``::
 
     content = {
         # The name of the stream is one of 'stdout', 'stderr'
         'name' : str,
     
         # The text is an arbitrary string to be written to that stream
         'text' : str,
     }
 
 .. versionchanged:: 5.0
 
     'data' key renamed to 'text' for conistency with the notebook format.
 
 Display Data
 ------------
 
 This type of message is used to bring back data that should be displayed (text,
 html, svg, etc.) in the frontends. This data is published to all frontends.
 Each message can have multiple representations of the data; it is up to the
 frontend to decide which to use and how. A single message should contain all
 possible representations of the same information. Each representation should
 be a JSON'able data structure, and should be a valid MIME type.
 
 Some questions remain about this design:
 
 * Do we use this message type for execute_result/displayhook? Probably not, because
   the displayhook also has to handle the Out prompt display. On the other hand
   we could put that information into the metadata section.
 
 .. _display_data:
 
 Message type: ``display_data``::
 
     content = {
 
         # Who create the data
         'source' : str,
 
         # The data dict contains key/value pairs, where the keys are MIME
         # types and the values are the raw data of the representation in that
         # format.
         'data' : dict,
 
         # Any metadata that describes the data
         'metadata' : dict
     }
 
 
 The ``metadata`` contains any metadata that describes the output.
 Global keys are assumed to apply to the output as a whole.
 The ``metadata`` dict can also contain mime-type keys, which will be sub-dictionaries,
 which are interpreted as applying only to output of that type.
 Third parties should put any data they write into a single dict
 with a reasonably unique name to avoid conflicts.
 
 The only metadata keys currently defined in IPython are the width and height
 of images::
 
     metadata = {
       'image/png' : {
         'width': 640,
         'height': 480
       }
     }
 
 
 .. versionchanged:: 5.0
 
     `application/json` data should be unpacked JSON data,
     not double-serialized as a JSON string.
 
 
 Raw Data Publication
 --------------------
 
 ``display_data`` lets you publish *representations* of data, such as images and html.
 This ``data_pub`` message lets you publish *actual raw data*, sent via message buffers.
 
 data_pub messages are constructed via the :func:`IPython.lib.datapub.publish_data` function:
 
 .. sourcecode:: python
 
     from IPython.kernel.zmq.datapub import publish_data
     ns = dict(x=my_array)
     publish_data(ns)
 
 
 Message type: ``data_pub``::
 
     content = {
         # the keys of the data dict, after it has been unserialized
         'keys' : ['a', 'b']
     }
     # the namespace dict will be serialized in the message buffers,
     # which will have a length of at least one
     buffers = [b'pdict', ...]
 
 
 The interpretation of a sequence of data_pub messages for a given parent request should be
 to update a single namespace with subsequent results.
 
 .. note::
 
     No frontends directly handle data_pub messages at this time.
     It is currently only used by the client/engines in :mod:`IPython.parallel`,
     where engines may publish *data* to the Client,
     of which the Client can then publish *representations* via ``display_data``
     to various frontends.
 
 Code inputs
 -----------
 
 To let all frontends know what code is being executed at any given time, these
 messages contain a re-broadcast of the ``code`` portion of an
 :ref:`execute_request <execute>`, along with the :ref:`execution_count
 <execution_counter>`.
 
 Message type: ``execute_input``::
 
     content = {
         'code' : str,  # Source code to be executed, one or more lines
 
         # The counter for this execution is also provided so that clients can
         # display it, since IPython automatically creates variables called _iN
         # (for input prompt In[N]).
         'execution_count' : int
     }
 
 .. versionchanged:: 5.0
 
     ``pyin`` is renamed to ``execute_input``.
 
 
 Execution results
 -----------------
 
 Results of an execution are published as an ``execute_result``.
 These are identical to `display_data`_ messages, with the addition of an ``execution_count`` key.
 
 Results can have multiple simultaneous formats depending on its
 configuration. A plain text representation should always be provided
 in the ``text/plain`` mime-type. Frontends are free to display any or all of these
 according to its capabilities.
 Frontends should ignore mime-types they do not understand. The data itself is
 any JSON object and depends on the format. It is often, but not always a string.
 
 Message type: ``execute_result``::
 
     content = {
 
         # The counter for this execution is also provided so that clients can
         # display it, since IPython automatically creates variables called _N
         # (for prompt N).
         'execution_count' : int,
 
         # data and metadata are identical to a display_data message.
         # the object being displayed is that passed to the display hook,
         # i.e. the *result* of the execution.
         'data' : dict,
         'metadata' : dict,
     }
 
 Execution errors
 ----------------
 
 When an error occurs during code execution
 
 Message type: ``error``::
 
     content = {
        # Similar content to the execute_reply messages for the 'error' case,
        # except the 'status' field is omitted.
     }
 
 .. versionchanged:: 5.0
 
     ``pyerr`` renamed to ``error``
 
 Kernel status
 -------------
 
 This message type is used by frontends to monitor the status of the kernel.
 
 Message type: ``status``::
 
     content = {
         # When the kernel starts to handle a message, it will enter the 'busy'
         # state and when it finishes, it will enter the 'idle' state.
         # The kernel will publish state 'starting' exactly once at process startup.
         execution_state : ('busy', 'idle', 'starting')
     }
 
 .. versionchanged:: 5.0
 
     Busy and idle messages should be sent before/after handling every message,
     not just execution.
 
 Clear output
 ------------
 
 This message type is used to clear the output that is visible on the frontend.
 
 Message type: ``clear_output``::
 
     content = {
 
         # Wait to clear the output until new output is available.  Clears the
         # existing output immediately before the new output is displayed.  
         # Useful for creating simple animations with minimal flickering.
         'wait' : bool,
     }
 
 .. versionchanged:: 4.1
 
     ``stdout``, ``stderr``, and ``display`` boolean keys for selective clearing are removed,
     and ``wait`` is added.
     The selective clearing keys are ignored in v4 and the default behavior remains the same,
     so v4 clear_output messages will be safely handled by a v4.1 frontend.
 
 
 Messages on the stdin ROUTER/DEALER sockets
 ===========================================
 
 This is a socket where the request/reply pattern goes in the opposite direction:
 from the kernel to a *single* frontend, and its purpose is to allow
 ``raw_input`` and similar operations that read from ``sys.stdin`` on the kernel
 to be fulfilled by the client. The request should be made to the frontend that
 made the execution request that prompted ``raw_input`` to be called. For now we
 will keep these messages as simple as possible, since they only mean to convey
 the ``raw_input(prompt)`` call.
 
 Message type: ``input_request``::
 
     content = {
         # the text to show at the prompt
         'prompt' : str,
         # Is the request for a password?
         # If so, the frontend shouldn't echo input.
         'password' : bool
     }
 
 Message type: ``input_reply``::
 
     content = { 'value' : str }
 
 
 When ``password`` is True, the frontend should not echo the input as it is entered.
 
 .. versionchanged:: 5.0
 
     ``password`` key added.
 
 .. note::
 
     The stdin socket of the client is required to have the same zmq IDENTITY
     as the client's shell socket.
     Because of this, the ``input_request`` must be sent with the same IDENTITY
     routing prefix as the ``execute_reply`` in order for the frontend to receive
     the message.
 
 .. note::
 
    We do not explicitly try to forward the raw ``sys.stdin`` object, because in
    practice the kernel should behave like an interactive program.  When a
    program is opened on the console, the keyboard effectively takes over the
    ``stdin`` file descriptor, and it can't be used for raw reading anymore.
    Since the IPython kernel effectively behaves like a console program (albeit
    one whose "keyboard" is actually living in a separate process and
    transported over the zmq connection), raw ``stdin`` isn't expected to be
    available.
 
 .. _kernel_heartbeat:
 
 Heartbeat for kernels
 =====================
 
 Clients send ping messages on a REQ socket, which are echoed right back
 from the Kernel's REP socket. These are simple bytestrings, not full JSON messages described above.
 
 
 Custom Messages
 ===============
 
 .. versionadded:: 4.1
 
 IPython 2.0 (msgspec v4.1) adds a messaging system for developers to add their own objects with Frontend
 and Kernel-side components, and allow them to communicate with each other.
 To do this, IPython adds a notion of a ``Comm``, which exists on both sides,
 and can communicate in either direction.
 
 These messages are fully symmetrical - both the Kernel and the Frontend can send each message,
 and no messages expect a reply.
 The Kernel listens for these messages on the Shell channel,
 and the Frontend listens for them on the IOPub channel.
 
 Opening a Comm
 --------------
 
 Opening a Comm produces a ``comm_open`` message, to be sent to the other side::
 
     {
       'comm_id' : 'u-u-i-d',
       'target_name' : 'my_comm',
       'data' : {}
     }
 
 Every Comm has an ID and a target name.
 The code handling the message on the receiving side is responsible for maintaining a mapping
 of target_name keys to constructors.
 After a ``comm_open`` message has been sent,
 there should be a corresponding Comm instance on both sides.
 The ``data`` key is always a dict and can be any extra JSON information used in initialization of the comm.
 
 If the ``target_name`` key is not found on the receiving side,
 then it should immediately reply with a ``comm_close`` message to avoid an inconsistent state.
 
 Comm Messages
 -------------
 
 Comm messages are one-way communications to update comm state,
 used for synchronizing widget state, or simply requesting actions of a comm's counterpart.
 
 Essentially, each comm pair defines their own message specification implemented inside the ``data`` dict.
 
 There are no expected replies (of course, one side can send another ``comm_msg`` in reply).
 
 Message type: ``comm_msg``::
 
     {
       'comm_id' : 'u-u-i-d',
       'data' : {}
     }
 
 Tearing Down Comms
 ------------------
 
 Since comms live on both sides, when a comm is destroyed the other side must be notified.
 This is done with a ``comm_close`` message.
 
 Message type: ``comm_close``::
 
     {
       'comm_id' : 'u-u-i-d',
       'data' : {}
     }
 
 Output Side Effects
 -------------------
 
 Since comm messages can execute arbitrary user code,
 handlers should set the parent header and publish status busy / idle,
 just like an execute request.
 
 
 To Do
 =====
 
 Missing things include:
 
 * Important: finish thinking through the payload concept and API.
 
 .. include:: ../links.txt