[PyQt] Exception within Slot causes Abort

[Phil Thompson]

On 20/03/2016 10:17 am, Dave Gradwell wrote:
> In PyQt 5.5.1, raising an Exception within a Slot results in qFatal()
> calling Abort.
> That behaviour seems to be documented here, so in a way it seems hard
> to argue with:
> http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/exceptionsafety.html#signals-and-slots
> """Throwing an exception from a slot invoked by Qt's signal-slot
> connection mechanism is considered undefined behaviour, unless it is
> handled within the slot"""

That's referring to C++ exceptions, not Python exceptions.

> But it worked nicely in 5.4.1 so it seems like a pity.

An unhandled Python exception is an error.

> Is there any way of allowing Python Exceptions to be raised within PyQt 
> slots?
> If not, what is the recommended way of achieving something similar?

You should be able to use the usual hooks.

Phil