Merge pull request #414 from AtomLinter/arcanemagus/report-errors

Report when flake8 crashes!

Author: Arcanemagus

lib/main.js

@@ -181,12 +181,27 @@ export default {
         const options = {
           stdin: fileText,
           cwd: path.dirname(textEditor.getPath()),
-          stream: 'both',
+          ignoreExitCode: true,
           timeout: forceTimeout,
           uniqueKey: `linter-flake8:${filePath}`,
         };
 
-        const result = await helpers.exec(execPath, parameters, options);
+        let result;
+        try {
+          result = await helpers.exec(execPath, parameters, options);
+        } catch (e) {
+          const pyTrace = e.message.split('\n');
+          const pyMostRecent = pyTrace[pyTrace.length - 1];
+          atom.notifications.addError('Flake8 crashed!', {
+            detail: 'linter-flake8:: Flake8 threw an error related to:\n' +
+              `${pyMostRecent}\n` +
+              "Please check Atom's Console for more details",
+          });
+          // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+          console.error('linter-flake8:: Flake8 returned an error', e.message);
+          // Tell Linter to not update any current messages it may have
+          return null;
+        }
 
         if (result === null) {
           // Process was killed by a future invocation
@@ -198,13 +213,9 @@ export default {
           return null;
         }
 
-        if (result.stderr && result.stderr.length && atom.inDevMode()) {
-          // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-          console.log(`flake8 stderr: ${result.stderr}`);
-        }
         const messages = [];
 
-        let match = parseRegex.exec(result.stdout);
+        let match = parseRegex.exec(result);
         while (match !== null) {
           // Note that these positions are being converted to 0-indexed
           const line = Number.parseInt(match[1], 10) - 1 || 0;
@@ -226,7 +237,7 @@ export default {
               execPath, match, filePath, textEditor, point));
           }
 
-          match = parseRegex.exec(result.stdout);
+          match = parseRegex.exec(result);
         }
         // Ensure that any invalid point messages have finished resolving
         return Promise.all(messages);