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authorMichael W. Hudson <mwh@python.net>2002-08-15 14:59:02 (GMT)
committerMichael W. Hudson <mwh@python.net>2002-08-15 14:59:02 (GMT)
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This is my patch
[ 587993 ] SET_LINENO killer Remove SET_LINENO. Tracing is now supported by inspecting co_lnotab. Many sundry changes to document and adapt to this change.
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@@ -118,10 +118,10 @@ A shorthand for \code{format_list(extract_stack(\var{f}, \var{limit}))}.
\begin{funcdesc}{tb_lineno}{tb}
This function returns the current line number set in the traceback
-object. This is normally the same as the \code{\var{tb}.tb_lineno}
-field of the object, but when optimization is used (the -O flag) this
-field is not updated correctly; this function calculates the correct
-value.
+object. This function was necessary because in versions of Python
+prior to 2.3 when the \programopt{O} flag was passed to Python the
+\code{\var{tb}.tb_lineno} was not updated correctly. This function
+has no use in versions past 2.3.
\end{funcdesc}