old_contents: #!/usr/bin/env python
  """
  __init__.py - Jenni Init Module
  Copyright 2008, Sean B. Palmer, inamidst.com
  Licensed under the Eiffel Forum License 2.
  
  http://inamidst.com/phenny/
  """
  
  import sys, os, time, threading, signal
  import bot
  
  class Watcher(object):
      # Cf. http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/496735
      def __init__(self):
          self.child = os.fork()
          if self.child != 0:
              self.watch()
  
      def watch(self):
          try: os.wait()
          except KeyboardInterrupt:
              self.kill()
          sys.exit()
  
      def kill(self):
          try: os.kill(self.child, signal.SIGKILL)
          except OSError: pass
  
  def run_jenni(config):
      if hasattr(config, 'delay'):
          delay = config.delay
      else: delay = 20
  
      def connect(config):
          p = bot.Jenni(config)
          p.run(config.host, config.port)
  
      try: Watcher()
      except Exception, e:
          print >> sys.stderr, 'Warning:', e, '(in __init__.py)'
  
      while True:
          try: connect(config)
          except KeyboardInterrupt:
              sys.exit()
  
          if not isinstance(delay, int):
              break
  
          warning = 'Warning: Disconnected. Reconnecting in %s seconds...' % delay
          print >> sys.stderr, warning
          time.sleep(delay)
  
  def run(config):
      t = threading.Thread(target=run_jenni, args=(config,))
      if hasattr(t, 'run'):
          t.run()
      else: t.start()
  
  if __name__ == '__main__':
      print __doc__
  
new_contents: #!/usr/bin/env python
  # coding=utf-8
  """
  __init__.py - Willie Init Module
  Copyright 2008, Sean B. Palmer, inamidst.com
  Copyright 2012, Edward Powell, http://embolalia.net
  Copyright © 2012, Elad Alfassa <elad@fedoraproject.org>
  
  Licensed under the Eiffel Forum License 2.
  
  http://willie.dftba.net/
  """
  
  import sys, os, time, threading, signal
  import bot
  
  class Watcher(object):
      # Cf. http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/496735
      def __init__(self):
          self.child = os.fork()
          if self.child != 0:
              self.watch()
  
      def watch(self):
          try: os.wait()
          except KeyboardInterrupt:
              self.kill()
          sys.exit()
  
      def kill(self):
          try: os.kill(self.child, signal.SIGKILL)
          except OSError: pass
  
  def run(config):
      if hasattr(config, 'delay'):
          delay = config.delay
      else: 
          delay = 20
  
      try: Watcher()
      except Exception, e:
          print >> sys.stderr, 'Warning:', e, '(in __init__.py)'
  
      while True:
          try: 
              p = bot.Jenni(config)
              p.run(config.host, config.port)
          except KeyboardInterrupt:
              sys.exit()
          except Exception, e:
              import traceback
              trace = traceback.format_exc()
              try:
                  print trace
              except:
                  pass
              logfile = open('logs/exceptions.log', 'a') #todo: make not hardcoded
              logfile.write('Critical exception in core')
              logfile.write(e)
              logfile.write(trace)
              logfile.write('----------------------------------------\n\n')
              logfile.close()
              raise e
  
          if not isinstance(delay, int):
              break
  
          warning = 'Warning: Disconnected. Reconnecting in %s seconds...' % delay
          try:
              print >> sys.stderr, warning
          except:
              pass
          time.sleep(delay)
  
  if __name__ == '__main__':
      print __doc__
  
subject: Add debugging to core exceptions, remove useless thread