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| author | Michael Foord <fuzzyman@voidspace.org.uk> | 2009-09-13 16:46:19 (GMT) |
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| committer | Michael Foord <fuzzyman@voidspace.org.uk> | 2009-09-13 16:46:19 (GMT) |
| commit | 668be589ef5700aa1d7fd29e9f0b528824804d07 (patch) | |
| tree | 719ed9402f1bfa31ec804ef3513777024837c9e4 | |
| parent | c3f79373e89cfe926b6e1f9e2f73dada1cbfff8e (diff) | |
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Note that sys._getframe is not guaranteed to exist in all implementations of Python, and a corresponding note in inspect.currentframe. Issue 6712.
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/inspect.rst | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/sys.rst | 3 |
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diff --git a/Doc/library/inspect.rst b/Doc/library/inspect.rst index bea12c9..ac89850 100644 --- a/Doc/library/inspect.rst +++ b/Doc/library/inspect.rst @@ -567,6 +567,11 @@ line. Return the frame object for the caller's stack frame. + This function relies on Python stack frame support in the interpreter, which + isn't guaranteed to exist in all implementations of Python. If running in + an implmentation without Python stack frame support this function returns + ``None``. + .. function:: stack([context]) diff --git a/Doc/library/sys.rst b/Doc/library/sys.rst index 0005792..7a3f642 100644 --- a/Doc/library/sys.rst +++ b/Doc/library/sys.rst @@ -417,7 +417,8 @@ always available. that is deeper than the call stack, :exc:`ValueError` is raised. The default for *depth* is zero, returning the frame at the top of the call stack. - This function should be used for internal and specialized purposes only. + This function should be used for internal and specialized purposes only. It + is not guaranteed to exist in all implementations of Python. .. function:: getprofile() |