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diff --git a/Doc/library/cgi.rst b/Doc/library/cgi.rst index 0248284..6ad061f 100644 --- a/Doc/library/cgi.rst +++ b/Doc/library/cgi.rst @@ -67,16 +67,20 @@ Begin by writing ``import cgi``. Do not use ``from cgi import *`` --- the module defines all sorts of names for its own use or for backward compatibility that you don't want in your namespace. -When you write a new script, consider adding the line:: +When you write a new script, consider adding the following:: - import cgitb; cgitb.enable() + import cgitb + + cgitb.enable() This activates a special exception handler that will display detailed reports in the Web browser if any errors occur. If you'd rather not show the guts of your program to users of your script, you can have the reports saved to files -instead, with a line like this:: +instead, with something like this:: + + import cgitb - import cgitb; cgitb.enable(display=0, logdir="/tmp") + cgitb.enable(display=0, logdir="/tmp") It's very helpful to use this feature during script development. The reports produced by :mod:`cgitb` provide information that can save you a lot of time in |