[py3] import configparser from six.moves instead of using a try/except
Using six is better than the try/except because it clearly indicates
compatibility code. Also, when using tools such as vermin which relies
on AST, it helps getting rid of false compatibility errors.
from __future__ import absolute_import
import markdown
import logging
log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
def markdown_publish(context, data):
"""publish a string formatted as MarkDown Text to HTML
:type context: a cubicweb application object
:type data: str
:param data: some MarkDown text
:rtype: unicode
:return:
the data formatted as HTML or the original data if an error occurred
"""
md = markdown.Markdown()
try:
return md.convert(data)
except:
import traceback; traceback.print_exc()
log.exception("Error while converting Markdown to HTML")
return data