[Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] r83890 - python/branches/py3k/Lib/inspect.py (original) (raw)

Benjamin Peterson benjamin at python.org
Mon Aug 9 17:48:35 CEST 2010

2010/8/9 Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com>:

On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 11:05 PM, benjamin.peterson <python-checkins at python.org> wrote:

-if hasattr(sys, 'getframe'): -    currentframe = sys.getframe -else: -    currentframe = lambda =None: None +def currentframe(): +    """Return the frame or the caller or None if this is not possible.""" +    return sys.getframe(1) if hasattr(sys, "getframe") else None It isn't hugely important, but with sys.getframe() unlikely to appear during runtime, the following may make more sense: if hasattr(sys, 'getframe'):  def currentframe():  return sys.getframe(1) else:  def currentframe():  pass currentframe.doc = "Return the frame of the caller or None if this is not possible."

I considered that but found the docstring thing ugly.

(Oh, and there's a typo in the docstring...)

Thanks.

-- Regards, Benjamin

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