Pandas import error when debugging using PVTS

Question

I am dealing with a very silly error, and wondering if any of you have the same problem. When I try to import pandas using import pandas as pd I get an error in copy.py. I debugged into the pamdas imports, and I found that the copy error is thrown when pandas tries to import this:
from pandas.io.html import read_html
The exception that is throwns is:

un(shallow)copyable object of type <type 'Element'>

I do not get this error if I try to straight up run the code and not use the PVTS debugger. I am using the python 2.7 interpreter, pandas version 0.12 which came with the python xy 2.7.5.1 distro and MS Visual Studio 2012.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

Answer 1

This is a limitation of the way PTVS detects unhandled exceptions - it can't see the except-block that's going to catch this exception because it is in the code that is eval'd from a string. See the bug in the tracker for more details.

As a workaround, disable "Debug standard library" checked in Tools -> Options -> Python Tools -> Debugging - this should cause the exception to be ignored.