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:mod:`traceback` --- Print or retrieve a stack traceback
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.. module:: traceback
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:synopsis: Print or retrieve a stack traceback.
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**Source code:** :source:`Lib/traceback.py`
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--------------
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This module provides a standard interface to extract, format and print stack
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traces of Python programs. It exactly mimics the behavior of the Python
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interpreter when it prints a stack trace. This is useful when you want to print
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stack traces under program control, such as in a "wrapper" around the
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interpreter.
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.. index:: object: traceback
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The module uses traceback objects --- this is the object type that is stored in
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the :data:`sys.last_traceback` variable and returned as the third item from
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:func:`sys.exc_info`.
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The module defines the following functions:
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.. function:: print_tb(tb, limit=None, file=None)
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Print up to *limit* stack trace entries from traceback object *tb* (starting
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from the caller's frame) if *limit* is positive. Otherwise, print the last
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``abs(limit)`` entries. If *limit* is omitted or ``None``, all entries are
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printed. If *file* is omitted or ``None``, the output goes to
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``sys.stderr``; otherwise it should be an open file or file-like object to
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receive the output.
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.. versionchanged:: 3.5
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Added negative *limit* support.
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.. function:: print_exception(etype, value, tb, limit=None, file=None, chain=True)
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Print exception information and stack trace entries from traceback object
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*tb* to *file*. This differs from :func:`print_tb` in the following
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ways:
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* if *tb* is not ``None``, it prints a header ``Traceback (most recent
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call last):``
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* it prints the exception *etype* and *value* after the stack trace
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* if *etype* is :exc:`SyntaxError` and *value* has the appropriate format, it
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prints the line where the syntax error occurred with a caret indicating the
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approximate position of the error.
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The optional *limit* argument has the same meaning as for :func:`print_tb`.
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If *chain* is true (the default), then chained exceptions (the
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:attr:`__cause__` or :attr:`__context__` attributes of the exception) will be
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printed as well, like the interpreter itself does when printing an unhandled
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exception.
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.. function:: print_exc(limit=None, file=None, chain=True)
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This is a shorthand for ``print_exception(*sys.exc_info(), limit, file,
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chain)``.
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.. function:: print_last(limit=None, file=None, chain=True)
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This is a shorthand for ``print_exception(sys.last_type, sys.last_value,
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sys.last_traceback, limit, file, chain)``. In general it will work only
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after an exception has reached an interactive prompt (see
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:data:`sys.last_type`).
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.. function:: print_stack(f=None, limit=None, file=None)
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Print up to *limit* stack trace entries (starting from the invocation
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point) if *limit* is positive. Otherwise, print the last ``abs(limit)``
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entries. If *limit* is omitted or ``None``, all entries are printed.
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The optional *f* argument can be used to specify an alternate stack frame
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to start. The optional *file* argument has the same meaning as for
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:func:`print_tb`.
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.. versionchanged:: 3.5
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Added negative *limit* support.
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.. function:: extract_tb(tb, limit=None)
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Return a list of "pre-processed" stack trace entries extracted from the
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traceback object *tb*. It is useful for alternate formatting of
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stack traces. The optional *limit* argument has the same meaning as for
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:func:`print_tb`. A "pre-processed" stack trace entry is a 4-tuple
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(*filename*, *line number*, *function name*, *text*) representing the
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information that is usually printed for a stack trace. The *text* is a
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string with leading and trailing whitespace stripped; if the source is
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not available it is ``None``.
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.. function:: extract_stack(f=None, limit=None)
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Extract the raw traceback from the current stack frame. The return value has
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the same format as for :func:`extract_tb`. The optional *f* and *limit*
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arguments have the same meaning as for :func:`print_stack`.
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.. function:: format_list(extracted_list)
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Given a list of tuples as returned by :func:`extract_tb` or
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:func:`extract_stack`, return a list of strings ready for printing. Each
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string in the resulting list corresponds to the item with the same index in
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the argument list. Each string ends in a newline; the strings may contain
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internal newlines as well, for those items whose source text line is not
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``None``.
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.. function:: format_exception_only(etype, value)
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Format the exception part of a traceback. The arguments are the exception
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type and value such as given by ``sys.last_type`` and ``sys.last_value``.
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The return value is a list of strings, each ending in a newline. Normally,
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the list contains a single string; however, for :exc:`SyntaxError`
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exceptions, it contains several lines that (when printed) display detailed
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information about where the syntax error occurred. The message indicating
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which exception occurred is the always last string in the list.
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.. function:: format_exception(etype, value, tb, limit=None, chain=True)
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Format a stack trace and the exception information. The arguments have the
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same meaning as the corresponding arguments to :func:`print_exception`. The
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return value is a list of strings, each ending in a newline and some
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containing internal newlines. When these lines are concatenated and printed,
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exactly the same text is printed as does :func:`print_exception`.
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.. function:: format_exc(limit=None, chain=True)
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This is like ``print_exc(limit)`` but returns a string instead of printing to
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a file.
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.. function:: format_tb(tb, limit=None)
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A shorthand for ``format_list(extract_tb(tb, limit))``.
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.. function:: format_stack(f=None, limit=None)
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A shorthand for ``format_list(extract_stack(f, limit))``.
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.. function:: clear_frames(tb)
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Clears the local variables of all the stack frames in a traceback *tb*
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by calling the :meth:`clear` method of each frame object.
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.. versionadded:: 3.4
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.. function:: walk_stack(f)
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Walk a stack following ``f.f_back`` from the given frame, yielding the frame
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and line number for each frame. If *f* is ``None``, the current stack is
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used. This helper is used with :meth:`StackSummary.extract`.
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.. versionadded:: 3.5
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.. function:: walk_tb(tb)
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Walk a traceback following ``tb_next`` yielding the frame and line number
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for each frame. This helper is used with :meth:`StackSummary.extract`.
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.. versionadded:: 3.5
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The module also defines the following classes:
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:class:`TracebackException` Objects
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-----------------------------------
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.. versionadded:: 3.5
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:class:`TracebackException` objects are created from actual exceptions to
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capture data for later printing in a lightweight fashion.
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.. class:: TracebackException(exc_type, exc_value, exc_traceback, *, limit=None, lookup_lines=True, capture_locals=False)
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Capture an exception for later rendering. *limit*, *lookup_lines* and
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*capture_locals* are as for the :class:`StackSummary` class.
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Note that when locals are captured, they are also shown in the traceback.
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.. attribute:: __cause__
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A :class:`TracebackException` of the original ``__cause__``.
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.. attribute:: __context__
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A :class:`TracebackException` of the original ``__context__``.
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.. attribute:: __suppress_context__
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The ``__suppress_context__`` value from the original exception.
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.. attribute:: stack
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A :class:`StackSummary` representing the traceback.
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.. attribute:: exc_type
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The class of the original traceback.
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.. attribute:: filename
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For syntax errors - the file name where the error occurred.
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.. attribute:: lineno
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For syntax errors - the line number where the error occurred.
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.. attribute:: text
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For syntax errors - the text where the error occurred.
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.. attribute:: offset
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For syntax errors - the offset into the text where the error occurred.
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.. attribute:: msg
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For syntax errors - the compiler error message.
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.. classmethod:: from_exception(exc, *, limit=None, lookup_lines=True, capture_locals=False)
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Capture an exception for later rendering. *limit*, *lookup_lines* and
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*capture_locals* are as for the :class:`StackSummary` class.
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Note that when locals are captured, they are also shown in the traceback.
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.. method:: format(*, chain=True)
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Format the exception.
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If *chain* is not ``True``, ``__cause__`` and ``__context__`` will not
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be formatted.
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The return value is a generator of strings, each ending in a newline and
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some containing internal newlines. :func:`~traceback.print_exception`
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is a wrapper around this method which just prints the lines to a file.
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The message indicating which exception occurred is always the last
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string in the output.
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.. method:: format_exception_only()
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Format the exception part of the traceback.
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The return value is a generator of strings, each ending in a newline.
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Normally, the generator emits a single string; however, for
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:exc:`SyntaxError` exceptions, it emits several lines that (when
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printed) display detailed information about where the syntax
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error occurred.
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The message indicating which exception occurred is always the last
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string in the output.
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:class:`StackSummary` Objects
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-----------------------------
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.. versionadded:: 3.5
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:class:`StackSummary` objects represent a call stack ready for formatting.
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.. class:: StackSummary
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.. classmethod:: extract(frame_gen, *, limit=None, lookup_lines=True, capture_locals=False)
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Construct a :class:`StackSummary` object from a frame generator (such as
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is returned by :func:`~traceback.walk_stack` or
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:func:`~traceback.walk_tb`).
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If *limit* is supplied, only this many frames are taken from *frame_gen*.
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If *lookup_lines* is ``False``, the returned :class:`FrameSummary`
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objects will not have read their lines in yet, making the cost of
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creating the :class:`StackSummary` cheaper (which may be valuable if it
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may not actually get formatted). If *capture_locals* is ``True`` the
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local variables in each :class:`FrameSummary` are captured as object
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representations.
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.. classmethod:: from_list(a_list)
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Construct a :class:`StackSummary` object from a supplied old-style list
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of tuples. Each tuple should be a 4-tuple with filename, lineno, name,
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line as the elements.
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.. method:: format()
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Returns a list of strings ready for printing. Each string in the
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resulting list corresponds to a single frame from the stack.
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Each string ends in a newline; the strings may contain internal
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newlines as well, for those items with source text lines.
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For long sequences of the same frame and line, the first few
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repetitions are shown, followed by a summary line stating the exact
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number of further repetitions.
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.. versionchanged:: 3.6
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Long sequences of repeated frames are now abbreviated.
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:class:`FrameSummary` Objects
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-----------------------------
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.. versionadded:: 3.5
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:class:`FrameSummary` objects represent a single frame in a traceback.
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.. class:: FrameSummary(filename, lineno, name, lookup_line=True, locals=None, line=None)
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Represent a single frame in the traceback or stack that is being formatted
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or printed. It may optionally have a stringified version of the frames
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locals included in it. If *lookup_line* is ``False``, the source code is not
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looked up until the :class:`FrameSummary` has the :attr:`~FrameSummary.line`
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attribute accessed (which also happens when casting it to a tuple).
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:attr:`~FrameSummary.line` may be directly provided, and will prevent line
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lookups happening at all. *locals* is an optional local variable
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dictionary, and if supplied the variable representations are stored in the
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summary for later display.
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.. _traceback-example:
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Traceback Examples
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------------------
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This simple example implements a basic read-eval-print loop, similar to (but
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less useful than) the standard Python interactive interpreter loop. For a more
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complete implementation of the interpreter loop, refer to the :mod:`code`
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module. ::
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import sys, traceback
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def run_user_code(envdir):
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source = input(">>> ")
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try:
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exec(source, envdir)
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except Exception:
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print("Exception in user code:")
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print("-"*60)
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traceback.print_exc(file=sys.stdout)
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print("-"*60)
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envdir = {}
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while True:
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run_user_code(envdir)
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The following example demonstrates the different ways to print and format the
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exception and traceback:
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.. testcode::
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import sys, traceback
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def lumberjack():
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bright_side_of_death()
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def bright_side_of_death():
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return tuple()[0]
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try:
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lumberjack()
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except IndexError:
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exc_type, exc_value, exc_traceback = sys.exc_info()
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print("*** print_tb:")
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traceback.print_tb(exc_traceback, limit=1, file=sys.stdout)
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print("*** print_exception:")
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traceback.print_exception(exc_type, exc_value, exc_traceback,
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limit=2, file=sys.stdout)
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print("*** print_exc:")
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traceback.print_exc(limit=2, file=sys.stdout)
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print("*** format_exc, first and last line:")
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formatted_lines = traceback.format_exc().splitlines()
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print(formatted_lines[0])
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print(formatted_lines[-1])
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print("*** format_exception:")
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print(repr(traceback.format_exception(exc_type, exc_value,
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exc_traceback)))
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print("*** extract_tb:")
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print(repr(traceback.extract_tb(exc_traceback)))
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print("*** format_tb:")
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print(repr(traceback.format_tb(exc_traceback)))
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print("*** tb_lineno:", exc_traceback.tb_lineno)
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The output for the example would look similar to this:
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.. testoutput::
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:options: +NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE
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*** print_tb:
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File "<doctest...>", line 10, in <module>
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lumberjack()
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*** print_exception:
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Traceback (most recent call last):
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File "<doctest...>", line 10, in <module>
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lumberjack()
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File "<doctest...>", line 4, in lumberjack
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bright_side_of_death()
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IndexError: tuple index out of range
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*** print_exc:
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Traceback (most recent call last):
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File "<doctest...>", line 10, in <module>
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lumberjack()
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File "<doctest...>", line 4, in lumberjack
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bright_side_of_death()
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IndexError: tuple index out of range
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*** format_exc, first and last line:
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Traceback (most recent call last):
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IndexError: tuple index out of range
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*** format_exception:
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['Traceback (most recent call last):\n',
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' File "<doctest...>", line 10, in <module>\n lumberjack()\n',
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' File "<doctest...>", line 4, in lumberjack\n bright_side_of_death()\n',
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' File "<doctest...>", line 7, in bright_side_of_death\n return tuple()[0]\n',
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'IndexError: tuple index out of range\n']
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*** extract_tb:
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[<FrameSummary file <doctest...>, line 10 in <module>>,
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<FrameSummary file <doctest...>, line 4 in lumberjack>,
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<FrameSummary file <doctest...>, line 7 in bright_side_of_death>]
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*** format_tb:
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[' File "<doctest...>", line 10, in <module>\n lumberjack()\n',
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' File "<doctest...>", line 4, in lumberjack\n bright_side_of_death()\n',
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' File "<doctest...>", line 7, in bright_side_of_death\n return tuple()[0]\n']
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*** tb_lineno: 10
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The following example shows the different ways to print and format the stack::
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>>> import traceback
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>>> def another_function():
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... lumberstack()
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...
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>>> def lumberstack():
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... traceback.print_stack()
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... print(repr(traceback.extract_stack()))
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... print(repr(traceback.format_stack()))
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...
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>>> another_function()
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File "<doctest>", line 10, in <module>
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another_function()
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File "<doctest>", line 3, in another_function
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lumberstack()
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File "<doctest>", line 6, in lumberstack
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traceback.print_stack()
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[('<doctest>', 10, '<module>', 'another_function()'),
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('<doctest>', 3, 'another_function', 'lumberstack()'),
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('<doctest>', 7, 'lumberstack', 'print(repr(traceback.extract_stack()))')]
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[' File "<doctest>", line 10, in <module>\n another_function()\n',
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' File "<doctest>", line 3, in another_function\n lumberstack()\n',
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' File "<doctest>", line 8, in lumberstack\n print(repr(traceback.format_stack()))\n']
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This last example demonstrates the final few formatting functions:
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.. doctest::
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:options: +NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE
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>>> import traceback
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>>> traceback.format_list([('spam.py', 3, '<module>', 'spam.eggs()'),
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... ('eggs.py', 42, 'eggs', 'return "bacon"')])
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[' File "spam.py", line 3, in <module>\n spam.eggs()\n',
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' File "eggs.py", line 42, in eggs\n return "bacon"\n']
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>>> an_error = IndexError('tuple index out of range')
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>>> traceback.format_exception_only(type(an_error), an_error)
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['IndexError: tuple index out of range\n']
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