When attempting to raise an error with a message containing non-BMP characters (Unicode ordinals above U+0xFFFF), the python shell displays a long traceback including several UnicodeEncodeErrors and then restarts. Example:

>>> raise Exception('\U0001f603')
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#84>", line 1, in <module>
    raise Exception('\U0001f603')
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#84>", line 1, in <module>
    raise Exception('\U0001f603')
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "D:\Python37\lib\idlelib\run.py", line 474, in runcode
    exec(code, self.locals)
  File "<pyshell#84>", line 1, in <module>
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "D:\Python37\lib\idlelib\run.py", line 474, in runcode
    exec(code, self.locals)
  File "<pyshell#84>", line 1, in <module>
Exception: 

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "D:\Python37\lib\idlelib\run.py", line 144, in main
    ret = method(*args, **kwargs)
  File "D:\Python37\lib\idlelib\run.py", line 486, in runcode
    print_exception()
  File "D:\Python37\lib\idlelib\run.py", line 234, in print_exception
    print_exc(typ, val, tb)
  File "D:\Python37\lib\idlelib\run.py", line 232, in print_exc
    print(line, end='', file=efile)
  File "D:\Python37\lib\idlelib\run.py", line 362, in write
    return self.shell.write(s, self.tags)
  File "D:\Python37\lib\idlelib\rpc.py", line 608, in __call__
    value = self.sockio.remotecall(self.oid, self.name, args, kwargs)
  File "D:\Python37\lib\idlelib\rpc.py", line 220, in remotecall
    return self.asyncreturn(seq)
  File "D:\Python37\lib\idlelib\rpc.py", line 251, in asyncreturn
    return self.decoderesponse(response)
  File "D:\Python37\lib\idlelib\rpc.py", line 271, in decoderesponse
    raise what
UnicodeEncodeError: 'UCS-2' codec can't encode characters in position 11-11: Non-BMP character not supported in Tk

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "D:\Python37\lib\idlelib\run.py", line 158, in main
    print_exception()
  File "D:\Python37\lib\idlelib\run.py", line 234, in print_exception
    print_exc(typ, val, tb)
  File "D:\Python37\lib\idlelib\run.py", line 220, in print_exc
    print_exc(type(context), context, context.__traceback__)
  File "D:\Python37\lib\idlelib\run.py", line 232, in print_exc
    print(line, end='', file=efile)
  File "D:\Python37\lib\idlelib\run.py", line 362, in write
    return self.shell.write(s, self.tags)
  File "D:\Python37\lib\idlelib\rpc.py", line 608, in __call__
    value = self.sockio.remotecall(self.oid, self.name, args, kwargs)
  File "D:\Python37\lib\idlelib\rpc.py", line 220, in remotecall
    return self.asyncreturn(seq)
  File "D:\Python37\lib\idlelib\rpc.py", line 251, in asyncreturn
    return self.decoderesponse(response)
  File "D:\Python37\lib\idlelib\rpc.py", line 271, in decoderesponse
    raise what
UnicodeEncodeError: 'UCS-2' codec can't encode characters in position 11-11: Non-BMP character not supported in Tk

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File "D:\Python37\lib\idlelib\run.py", line 162, in main
    traceback.print_exception(type, value, tb, file=sys.__stderr__)
  File "D:\Python37\lib\traceback.py", line 105, in print_exception
    print(line, file=file, end="")
  File "D:\Python37\lib\idlelib\run.py", line 362, in write
    return self.shell.write(s, self.tags)
  File "D:\Python37\lib\idlelib\rpc.py", line 608, in __call__
    value = self.sockio.remotecall(self.oid, self.name, args, kwargs)
  File "D:\Python37\lib\idlelib\rpc.py", line 220, in remotecall
    return self.asyncreturn(seq)
  File "D:\Python37\lib\idlelib\rpc.py", line 251, in asyncreturn
    return self.decoderesponse(response)
  File "D:\Python37\lib\idlelib\rpc.py", line 271, in decoderesponse
    raise what
UnicodeEncodeError: 'UCS-2' codec can't encode characters in position 11-11: Non-BMP character not supported in Tk

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>>>

I presume the error is caused by Tk being unable to display the characters in the error message, but being forced to anyway by the traceback, causing a series of UnicodeEncodeErrors. Perhaps the error handler should use repr() or similar methods to convert the message into a displayable form?