massive hack to stop bpython crashing if the suggestions popup window makes bad

bobf · bobf · commit d4fc2cd01b3d · 2009-06-25T10:20:05.000+01:00
curses calls (e.g. tries to write outside the bounds of the window/screen).
It's not nice, but at least it stops the program from dying.
diff --git a/bpython/cli.py b/bpython/cli.py
@@ -740,7 +740,12 @@ def _complete(self, tab=False):
             self.tab()
             return False
 
-        self.show_list(self.matches, self.argspec)
+        try:
+            self.show_list(self.matches, self.argspec)
+        except curses.error:
+            # XXX: This is a massive hack, it will go away when I get
+            # cusswords into a good enough state that we can start using it.
+            return False
         return True
 
     def show_list(self, items, topline=None):
