exceptions/traceback not showing after importing qgis-utils
Question: Following on from a
[question](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26239144/python-qgis-version-
information) I asked about getting the version information from `python-qgis`,
with a brilliant solution provided by @falsetru, I am running into a problem
whereby importing `qgis.utils` seems to hide all exceptions. Running the
following code in the interpreter, I get no traceback, or anything useful
following a raised exception, see below.

    
    
    >>> import qgis.utils
    >>> qgis.utils.QGis.QGIS_VERSION
    '2.4.0-Chugiak'
    >>> raise Exception('boof!')
    >>>
    

Could someone tell me how I can turn back on traceback after importing `qgis-
utils` or another way of getting the version information from `python-qgis`
without needing to import `utils`?

Many thanks!


Answer: I have found a solution, which allows me to avoid using the `utils` module to
get the version information, and uses the `core` module instead.

    
    
    >>> import qgis.core
    >>> qgis.core.Qgis.QGIS_VERSION
    '2.4.0-Chugiak'
    >>> raise Exception('boof!')
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
    Exception: boof!
    

This doesn't provide a full answer to my question, but does provide a work-
around to get the version information for `python-qgis`.

