#include <Python.h>
#include <stdio.h>
char save_error_type[1024], save_error_info[1024];

PyerrorHandler(char *msgFromC)
{
   /* process Python-related errors */
   /* call after Python API raises an exception */

   PyObject *errobj, *errdata, *errtraceback, *pystring;
   printf("%s\n", msgFromC); 

   /* get latest python exception info */ 
   PyErr_Fetch(&errobj, &errdata, &errtraceback);

   pystring = NULL;
   if (errobj != NULL &&
      (pystring = PyObject_Str(errobj)) != NULL &&
      (PyString_Check(pystring))      
      )
       strcpy(save_error_type, PyString_AsString(pystring));
   else 
       strcpy(save_error_type, "<unknown exception type>");
   Py_XDECREF(pystring);

   pystring = NULL;
   if (errdata != NULL &&
      (pystring = PyObject_Str(errdata)) != NULL && 
      (PyString_Check(pystring)) 
      )
       strcpy(save_error_info, PyString_AsString(pystring));
   else 
       strcpy(save_error_info, "<unknown exception data>");
   Py_XDECREF(pystring);

   printf("%s\n%s\n", save_error_type, save_error_info);   
   Py_XDECREF(errobj);
   Py_XDECREF(errdata);         /* caller owns all 3 */
   Py_XDECREF(errtraceback);    /* already NULL'd out */ 
}