python debugging bits and pieces

debugging-tips.py

#print all locals / globals but try to get rid off the builtin clutter
{k: v for k,v in locals().iteritems() if '__' not in k and 'pdb' not in k}

#something better for messy locals
def debug_nice(locals_dict, keys=[]):
    globals()['types'] = __import__('types')
    exclude_keys = ['copyright', 'credits', 'False', 
                    'True', 'None', 'Ellipsis', 'quit']
    exclude_valuetypes = [types.BuiltinFunctionType,
                          types.BuiltinMethodType,
                          types.ModuleType,
                          types.TypeType,
                          types.FunctionType]
    return {k: v for k,v in locals_dict.iteritems() if not
               (k in keys or
                k in exclude_keys or
                type(v) in exclude_valuetypes) and
               k[0] != '_'}