diff --git a/lib/cycloneerr.py b/lib/cycloneerr.py
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/cycloneerr.py
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+import httplib, cgi
+
+class PrettyErrorHandler(object):
+ """
+ mix-in to improve cyclone.web.RequestHandler
+ """
+ def get_error_html(self, status_code, **kwargs):
+ try:
+ tb = kwargs['exception'].getTraceback()
+ except AttributeError:
+ tb = ""
+ return "%(code)d: %(message)s" \
+ "%(code)d: %(message)s%(tb)s
" % {
+ "code": status_code,
+ "message": httplib.responses[status_code],
+ "tb" : cgi.escape(tb),
+ }