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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', 'print_exception', 'print_last',
10 '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 not file:
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 not file:
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_lineno(tb)
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 line = linecache.getline(filename, lineno)
69 if line: _print(file, ' ' + line.strip())
70 tb = tb.tb_next
71 n = n+1
73 def format_tb(tb, limit = None):
74 """A shorthand for 'format_list(extract_stack(f, limit))."""
75 return format_list(extract_tb(tb, limit))
77 def extract_tb(tb, limit = None):
78 """Return list of up to limit pre-processed entries from traceback.
80 This is useful for alternate formatting of stack traces. If
81 'limit' is omitted or None, all entries are extracted. A
82 pre-processed stack trace entry is a quadruple (filename, line
83 number, function name, text) representing the information that is
84 usually printed for a stack trace. The text is a string with
85 leading and trailing whitespace stripped; if the source is not
86 available it is None.
87 """
88 if limit is None:
89 if hasattr(sys, 'tracebacklimit'):
90 limit = sys.tracebacklimit
91 list = []
92 n = 0
93 while tb is not None and (limit is None or n < limit):
94 f = tb.tb_frame
95 lineno = tb_lineno(tb)
96 co = f.f_code
97 filename = co.co_filename
98 name = co.co_name
99 line = linecache.getline(filename, lineno)
100 if line: line = line.strip()
101 else: line = None
102 list.append((filename, lineno, name, line))
103 tb = tb.tb_next
104 n = n+1
105 return list
108 def print_exception(etype, value, tb, limit=None, file=None):
109 """Print exception up to 'limit' stack trace entries from 'tb' to 'file'.
111 This differs from print_tb() in the following ways: (1) if
112 traceback is not None, it prints a header "Traceback (most recent
113 call last):"; (2) it prints the exception type and value after the
114 stack trace; (3) if type is SyntaxError and value has the
115 appropriate format, it prints the line where the syntax error
116 occurred with a caret on the next line indicating the approximate
117 position of the error.
119 if not file:
120 file = sys.stderr
121 if tb:
122 _print(file, 'Traceback (most recent call last):')
123 print_tb(tb, limit, file)
124 lines = format_exception_only(etype, value)
125 for line in lines[:-1]:
126 _print(file, line, ' ')
127 _print(file, lines[-1], '')
129 def format_exception(etype, value, tb, limit = None):
130 """Format a stack trace and the exception information.
132 The arguments have the same meaning as the corresponding arguments
133 to print_exception(). The return value is a list of strings, each
134 ending in a newline and some containing internal newlines. When
135 these lines are concatenated and printed, exactly the same text is
136 printed as does print_exception().
138 if tb:
139 list = ['Traceback (most recent call last):\n']
140 list = list + format_tb(tb, limit)
141 else:
142 list = []
143 list = list + format_exception_only(etype, value)
144 return list
146 def format_exception_only(etype, value):
147 """Format the exception part of a traceback.
149 The arguments are the exception type and value such as given by
150 sys.last_type and sys.last_value. The return value is a list of
151 strings, each ending in a newline. Normally, the list contains a
152 single string; however, for SyntaxError exceptions, it contains
153 several lines that (when printed) display detailed information
154 about where the syntax error occurred. The message indicating
155 which exception occurred is the always last string in the list.
157 list = []
158 if type(etype) == types.ClassType:
159 stype = etype.__name__
160 else:
161 stype = etype
162 if value is None:
163 list.append(str(stype) + '\n')
164 else:
165 if etype is SyntaxError:
166 try:
167 msg, (filename, lineno, offset, line) = value
168 except:
169 pass
170 else:
171 if not filename: filename = "<string>"
172 list.append(' File "%s", line %d\n' %
173 (filename, lineno))
174 if line is not None:
175 i = 0
176 while i < len(line) and line[i].isspace():
177 i = i+1
178 list.append(' %s\n' % line.strip())
179 if offset is not None:
180 s = ' '
181 for c in line[i:offset-1]:
182 if c.isspace():
183 s = s + c
184 else:
185 s = s + ' '
186 list.append('%s^\n' % s)
187 value = msg
188 s = _some_str(value)
189 if s:
190 list.append('%s: %s\n' % (str(stype), s))
191 else:
192 list.append('%s\n' % str(stype))
193 return list
195 def _some_str(value):
196 try:
197 return str(value)
198 except:
199 return '<unprintable %s object>' % type(value).__name__
202 def print_exc(limit=None, file=None):
203 """Shorthand for 'print_exception(sys.exc_type, sys.exc_value, sys.exc_traceback, limit, file)'.
204 (In fact, it uses sys.exc_info() to retrieve the same information
205 in a thread-safe way.)"""
206 if not file:
207 file = sys.stderr
208 try:
209 etype, value, tb = sys.exc_info()
210 print_exception(etype, value, tb, limit, file)
211 finally:
212 etype = value = tb = None
214 def print_last(limit=None, file=None):
215 """This is a shorthand for 'print_exception(sys.last_type,
216 sys.last_value, sys.last_traceback, limit, file)'."""
217 if not file:
218 file = sys.stderr
219 print_exception(sys.last_type, sys.last_value, sys.last_traceback,
220 limit, file)
223 def print_stack(f=None, limit=None, file=None):
224 """Print a stack trace from its invocation point.
226 The optional 'f' argument can be used to specify an alternate
227 stack frame at which to start. The optional 'limit' and 'file'
228 arguments have the same meaning as for print_exception().
230 if f is None:
231 try:
232 raise ZeroDivisionError
233 except ZeroDivisionError:
234 f = sys.exc_info()[2].tb_frame.f_back
235 print_list(extract_stack(f, limit), file)
237 def format_stack(f=None, limit=None):
238 """Shorthand for 'format_list(extract_stack(f, limit))'."""
239 if f is None:
240 try:
241 raise ZeroDivisionError
242 except ZeroDivisionError:
243 f = sys.exc_info()[2].tb_frame.f_back
244 return format_list(extract_stack(f, limit))
246 def extract_stack(f=None, limit = None):
247 """Extract the raw traceback from the current stack frame.
249 The return value has the same format as for extract_tb(). The
250 optional 'f' and 'limit' arguments have the same meaning as for
251 print_stack(). Each item in the list is a quadruple (filename,
252 line number, function name, text), and the entries are in order
253 from oldest to newest stack frame.
255 if f is None:
256 try:
257 raise ZeroDivisionError
258 except ZeroDivisionError:
259 f = sys.exc_info()[2].tb_frame.f_back
260 if limit is None:
261 if hasattr(sys, 'tracebacklimit'):
262 limit = sys.tracebacklimit
263 list = []
264 n = 0
265 while f is not None and (limit is None or n < limit):
266 lineno = f.f_lineno # XXX Too bad if -O is used
267 co = f.f_code
268 filename = co.co_filename
269 name = co.co_name
270 line = linecache.getline(filename, lineno)
271 if line: line = line.strip()
272 else: line = None
273 list.append((filename, lineno, name, line))
274 f = f.f_back
275 n = n+1
276 list.reverse()
277 return list
279 def tb_lineno(tb):
280 """Calculate correct line number of traceback given in tb.
282 Even works with -O on.
284 # Coded by Marc-Andre Lemburg from the example of PyCode_Addr2Line()
285 # in compile.c.
286 # Revised version by Jim Hugunin to work with JPython too.
288 c = tb.tb_frame.f_code
289 if not hasattr(c, 'co_lnotab'):
290 return tb.tb_lineno
292 tab = c.co_lnotab
293 line = c.co_firstlineno
294 stopat = tb.tb_lasti
295 addr = 0
296 for i in range(0, len(tab), 2):
297 addr = addr + ord(tab[i])
298 if addr > stopat:
299 break
300 line = line + ord(tab[i+1])
301 return line