"""Simple sys.excepthook usage

[user@host ~] python excepthook.py
swallow
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<console>", line 1, in <module>
SyntaxError: FAIL

"""
import code
import sys

def swallow(type, value, traceback):
    """Swallow all exceptions."""
    print 'Gulp!'

sys.excepthook = swallow

ic = code.InteractiveConsole()
ic.push('import sys')
ic.push('print sys.excepthook.__name__')
ic.push('raise SyntaxError("FAIL")')