[jira] [Created] (BEAM-10764) Make is_in_ipython robust

["Ning Kang (Jira)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Ning Kang created BEAM-10764:
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             Summary: Make is_in_ipython robust
                 Key: BEAM-10764
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-10764
             Project: Beam
          Issue Type: Improvement
          Components: runner-py-interactive
            Reporter: Ning Kang
            Assignee: Ning Kang


`is_in_ipython` determines if current code execution is within an IPython environment by attempting to fetch an IPython kernel through `IPython.get_ipython()`.

If IPython dependency is not available or a `None` is fetched, the result would be False.

We've been seeing some users using corrupted IPython dependency in their code base.
If an IPython dependency is present but throws a non ImportError exception, it will break the Beam usage.
I assume the similar errors would happen if the user uses an IPython dependency outside the range of versions in setup.py.

I decide to make the function best effort so that it always returns False when errors occur.





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