Fixes (accepts patch) issue1339 - http://bugs.python.org/issue1339
[python.git] / Lib / traceback.py
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1 """Extract, format and print information about Python stack traces."""
3 import linecache
4 import sys
5 import types
7 __all__ = ['extract_stack', 'extract_tb', 'format_exception',
8 'format_exception_only', 'format_list', 'format_stack',
9 'format_tb', 'print_exc', 'format_exc', 'print_exception',
10 'print_last', 'print_stack', 'print_tb', 'tb_lineno']
12 def _print(file, str='', terminator='\n'):
13 file.write(str+terminator)
16 def print_list(extracted_list, file=None):
17 """Print the list of tuples as returned by extract_tb() or
18 extract_stack() as a formatted stack trace to the given file."""
19 if file is None:
20 file = sys.stderr
21 for filename, lineno, name, line in extracted_list:
22 _print(file,
23 ' File "%s", line %d, in %s' % (filename,lineno,name))
24 if line:
25 _print(file, ' %s' % line.strip())
27 def format_list(extracted_list):
28 """Format a list of traceback entry tuples for printing.
30 Given a list of tuples as returned by extract_tb() or
31 extract_stack(), return a list of strings ready for printing.
32 Each string in the resulting list corresponds to the item with the
33 same index in the argument list. Each string ends in a newline;
34 the strings may contain internal newlines as well, for those items
35 whose source text line is not None.
36 """
37 list = []
38 for filename, lineno, name, line in extracted_list:
39 item = ' File "%s", line %d, in %s\n' % (filename,lineno,name)
40 if line:
41 item = item + ' %s\n' % line.strip()
42 list.append(item)
43 return list
46 def print_tb(tb, limit=None, file=None):
47 """Print up to 'limit' stack trace entries from the traceback 'tb'.
49 If 'limit' is omitted or None, all entries are printed. If 'file'
50 is omitted or None, the output goes to sys.stderr; otherwise
51 'file' should be an open file or file-like object with a write()
52 method.
53 """
54 if file is None:
55 file = sys.stderr
56 if limit is None:
57 if hasattr(sys, 'tracebacklimit'):
58 limit = sys.tracebacklimit
59 n = 0
60 while tb is not None and (limit is None or n < limit):
61 f = tb.tb_frame
62 lineno = tb.tb_lineno
63 co = f.f_code
64 filename = co.co_filename
65 name = co.co_name
66 _print(file,
67 ' File "%s", line %d, in %s' % (filename,lineno,name))
68 linecache.checkcache(filename)
69 line = linecache.getline(filename, lineno, f.f_globals)
70 if line: _print(file, ' ' + line.strip())
71 tb = tb.tb_next
72 n = n+1
74 def format_tb(tb, limit = None):
75 """A shorthand for 'format_list(extract_stack(f, limit))."""
76 return format_list(extract_tb(tb, limit))
78 def extract_tb(tb, limit = None):
79 """Return list of up to limit pre-processed entries from traceback.
81 This is useful for alternate formatting of stack traces. If
82 'limit' is omitted or None, all entries are extracted. A
83 pre-processed stack trace entry is a quadruple (filename, line
84 number, function name, text) representing the information that is
85 usually printed for a stack trace. The text is a string with
86 leading and trailing whitespace stripped; if the source is not
87 available it is None.
88 """
89 if limit is None:
90 if hasattr(sys, 'tracebacklimit'):
91 limit = sys.tracebacklimit
92 list = []
93 n = 0
94 while tb is not None and (limit is None or n < limit):
95 f = tb.tb_frame
96 lineno = tb.tb_lineno
97 co = f.f_code
98 filename = co.co_filename
99 name = co.co_name
100 linecache.checkcache(filename)
101 line = linecache.getline(filename, lineno, f.f_globals)
102 if line: line = line.strip()
103 else: line = None
104 list.append((filename, lineno, name, line))
105 tb = tb.tb_next
106 n = n+1
107 return list
110 def print_exception(etype, value, tb, limit=None, file=None):
111 """Print exception up to 'limit' stack trace entries from 'tb' to 'file'.
113 This differs from print_tb() in the following ways: (1) if
114 traceback is not None, it prints a header "Traceback (most recent
115 call last):"; (2) it prints the exception type and value after the
116 stack trace; (3) if type is SyntaxError and value has the
117 appropriate format, it prints the line where the syntax error
118 occurred with a caret on the next line indicating the approximate
119 position of the error.
121 if file is None:
122 file = sys.stderr
123 if tb:
124 _print(file, 'Traceback (most recent call last):')
125 print_tb(tb, limit, file)
126 lines = format_exception_only(etype, value)
127 for line in lines[:-1]:
128 _print(file, line, ' ')
129 _print(file, lines[-1], '')
131 def format_exception(etype, value, tb, limit = None):
132 """Format a stack trace and the exception information.
134 The arguments have the same meaning as the corresponding arguments
135 to print_exception(). The return value is a list of strings, each
136 ending in a newline and some containing internal newlines. When
137 these lines are concatenated and printed, exactly the same text is
138 printed as does print_exception().
140 if tb:
141 list = ['Traceback (most recent call last):\n']
142 list = list + format_tb(tb, limit)
143 else:
144 list = []
145 list = list + format_exception_only(etype, value)
146 return list
148 def format_exception_only(etype, value):
149 """Format the exception part of a traceback.
151 The arguments are the exception type and value such as given by
152 sys.last_type and sys.last_value. The return value is a list of
153 strings, each ending in a newline.
155 Normally, the list contains a single string; however, for
156 SyntaxError exceptions, it contains several lines that (when
157 printed) display detailed information about where the syntax
158 error occurred.
160 The message indicating which exception occurred is always the last
161 string in the list.
165 # An instance should not have a meaningful value parameter, but
166 # sometimes does, particularly for string exceptions, such as
167 # >>> raise string1, string2 # deprecated
169 # Clear these out first because issubtype(string1, SyntaxError)
170 # would throw another exception and mask the original problem.
171 if (isinstance(etype, BaseException) or
172 isinstance(etype, types.InstanceType) or
173 etype is None or type(etype) is str):
174 return [_format_final_exc_line(etype, value)]
176 stype = etype.__name__
178 if not issubclass(etype, SyntaxError):
179 return [_format_final_exc_line(stype, value)]
181 # It was a syntax error; show exactly where the problem was found.
182 lines = []
183 try:
184 msg, (filename, lineno, offset, badline) = value
185 except Exception:
186 pass
187 else:
188 filename = filename or "<string>"
189 lines.append(' File "%s", line %d\n' % (filename, lineno))
190 if badline is not None:
191 lines.append(' %s\n' % badline.strip())
192 if offset is not None:
193 caretspace = badline[:offset].lstrip()
194 # non-space whitespace (likes tabs) must be kept for alignment
195 caretspace = ((c.isspace() and c or ' ') for c in caretspace)
196 # only three spaces to account for offset1 == pos 0
197 lines.append(' %s^\n' % ''.join(caretspace))
198 value = msg
200 lines.append(_format_final_exc_line(stype, value))
201 return lines
203 def _format_final_exc_line(etype, value):
204 """Return a list of a single line -- normal case for format_exception_only"""
205 valuestr = _some_str(value)
206 if value is None or not valuestr:
207 line = "%s\n" % etype
208 else:
209 line = "%s: %s\n" % (etype, valuestr)
210 return line
212 def _some_str(value):
213 try:
214 return str(value)
215 except:
216 return '<unprintable %s object>' % type(value).__name__
219 def print_exc(limit=None, file=None):
220 """Shorthand for 'print_exception(sys.exc_type, sys.exc_value, sys.exc_traceback, limit, file)'.
221 (In fact, it uses sys.exc_info() to retrieve the same information
222 in a thread-safe way.)"""
223 if file is None:
224 file = sys.stderr
225 try:
226 etype, value, tb = sys.exc_info()
227 print_exception(etype, value, tb, limit, file)
228 finally:
229 etype = value = tb = None
232 def format_exc(limit=None):
233 """Like print_exc() but return a string."""
234 try:
235 etype, value, tb = sys.exc_info()
236 return ''.join(format_exception(etype, value, tb, limit))
237 finally:
238 etype = value = tb = None
241 def print_last(limit=None, file=None):
242 """This is a shorthand for 'print_exception(sys.last_type,
243 sys.last_value, sys.last_traceback, limit, file)'."""
244 if file is None:
245 file = sys.stderr
246 print_exception(sys.last_type, sys.last_value, sys.last_traceback,
247 limit, file)
250 def print_stack(f=None, limit=None, file=None):
251 """Print a stack trace from its invocation point.
253 The optional 'f' argument can be used to specify an alternate
254 stack frame at which to start. The optional 'limit' and 'file'
255 arguments have the same meaning as for print_exception().
257 if f is None:
258 try:
259 raise ZeroDivisionError
260 except ZeroDivisionError:
261 f = sys.exc_info()[2].tb_frame.f_back
262 print_list(extract_stack(f, limit), file)
264 def format_stack(f=None, limit=None):
265 """Shorthand for 'format_list(extract_stack(f, limit))'."""
266 if f is None:
267 try:
268 raise ZeroDivisionError
269 except ZeroDivisionError:
270 f = sys.exc_info()[2].tb_frame.f_back
271 return format_list(extract_stack(f, limit))
273 def extract_stack(f=None, limit = None):
274 """Extract the raw traceback from the current stack frame.
276 The return value has the same format as for extract_tb(). The
277 optional 'f' and 'limit' arguments have the same meaning as for
278 print_stack(). Each item in the list is a quadruple (filename,
279 line number, function name, text), and the entries are in order
280 from oldest to newest stack frame.
282 if f is None:
283 try:
284 raise ZeroDivisionError
285 except ZeroDivisionError:
286 f = sys.exc_info()[2].tb_frame.f_back
287 if limit is None:
288 if hasattr(sys, 'tracebacklimit'):
289 limit = sys.tracebacklimit
290 list = []
291 n = 0
292 while f is not None and (limit is None or n < limit):
293 lineno = f.f_lineno
294 co = f.f_code
295 filename = co.co_filename
296 name = co.co_name
297 linecache.checkcache(filename)
298 line = linecache.getline(filename, lineno, f.f_globals)
299 if line: line = line.strip()
300 else: line = None
301 list.append((filename, lineno, name, line))
302 f = f.f_back
303 n = n+1
304 list.reverse()
305 return list
307 def tb_lineno(tb):
308 """Calculate correct line number of traceback given in tb.
310 Obsolete in 2.3.
312 return tb.tb_lineno