Log some indication of the script being executed

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/coverage/debug.py b/coverage/debug.py
index 9dded1d9..de5d9319 100644
--- a/coverage/debug.py
+++ b/coverage/debug.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     import thread as _thread
 
-from coverage.backward import StringIO
+from coverage.backward import reprlib, StringIO
 from coverage.misc import isolate_module
 
 os = isolate_module(os)
@@ -163,6 +163,13 @@ def dump_stack_frames(limit=None, out=None, skip=0):
     out.write("\n")
 
 
+def clipped_repr(text, numchars=50):
+    """`repr(text)`, but limited to `numchars`."""
+    r = reprlib.Repr()
+    r.maxstring = numchars
+    return r.repr(text)
+
+
 def short_id(id64):
     """Given a 64-bit id, make a shorter 16-bit one."""
     id16 = 0