[Zope-dev] What does a "no Content-Type" traceback indicate is wrong?

[Pavlos Christoforou]

Hi Skip -

On Mon, 12 Apr 1999 skip@mojam.com wrote:

> 
> I'm looking for a little advice.  I stuck a little sendmail block at the
> start of Response._traceback:
> 
>     def _traceback(self,t,v,tb):
>         if t != "NotFound":
>             import traceback, os
>             msg = os.popen('/usr/sbin/sendmail -t', 'w')
>             msg.write('To: skip@musi-cal.com\n')
>             msg.write('Subject: Z traceback\n\n')
>             traceback.print_tb(tb, None, msg)
>             msg.write("%s: %s\n" % (t, v))
>             msg.close()
>         
>         tb=self.format_exception(t,v,tb,200)
>         tb=join(tb,'\n')
>         tb=self.quoteHTML(tb)
>         return "\n%s\n%s\n%s" % (_tbopen, tb, _tbclose)

What a useful hack! Thanks.


> valid circumstances under which this might occur?  Does this just represent
> a broken browser or communication-challenged connection?  Can I fake a
> content type and continue or is it a lost cause at this point because
> something more tragic will likely happen further down the line?
> 

Maybe return a page reporting the problem to the client?

Pavlos