Hide some stack layers the user doesn't really need to see

tractor/_exceptions.py

@@ -121,10 +121,12 @@ def unpack_error(
     err_type=RemoteActorError
 
 ) -> Exception:
-    """Unpack an 'error' message from the wire
+    '''
+    Unpack an 'error' message from the wire
     into a local ``RemoteActorError``.
 
-    """
+    '''
+    __tracebackhide__ = True
     error = msg['error']
 
     tb_str = error.get('tb_str', '')

tractor/_portal.py

@@ -52,17 +52,17 @@ log = get_logger(__name__)
 
 
 def _unwrap_msg(
-
     msg: dict[str, Any],
     channel: Channel
 
 ) -> Any:
+    __tracebackhide__ = True
     try:
         return msg['return']
     except KeyError:
         # internal error should never get here
         assert msg.get('cid'), "Received internal error at portal?"
-        raise unpack_error(msg, channel)
+        raise unpack_error(msg, channel) from None
 
 
 class MessagingError(Exception):
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ class Portal:
         Return the result(s) from the remote actor's "main" task.
 
         '''
+        # __tracebackhide__ = True
         # Check for non-rpc errors slapped on the
         # channel for which we always raise
         exc = self.channel._exc

tractor/_spawn.py

@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ async def exhaust_portal(
     If the main task is an async generator do our best to consume
     what's left of it.
     '''
+    __tracebackhide__ = True
     try:
         log.debug(f"Waiting on final result from {actor.uid}")