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| author | Michael W. Hudson <mwh@python.net> | 2002-12-17 16:15:34 (GMT) |
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| committer | Michael W. Hudson <mwh@python.net> | 2002-12-17 16:15:34 (GMT) |
| commit | cfd3884882bd7fbcadb7d89508c4af70569f87a0 (patch) | |
| tree | 8634f770b3d214fb0952bdde8c0f2aeb6c512ecb /Doc/ref | |
| parent | f680cc460c06d87e9cc1beafafb4a017712f8868 (diff) | |
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This is Richie Hindle's patch
[ 643835 ] Set Next Statement for Python debuggers
with a few tweaks by me: adding an unsigned or two, mentioning that
not all jumps are allowed in the doc for pdb, adding a NEWS item and
a note to whatsnew, and AuCTeX doing something cosmetic to libpdb.tex.
Diffstat (limited to 'Doc/ref')
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/ref/ref3.tex | 12 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/ref/ref3.tex b/Doc/ref/ref3.tex index eb1d658..605ed55 100644 --- a/Doc/ref/ref3.tex +++ b/Doc/ref/ref3.tex @@ -812,8 +812,7 @@ frame; \member{f_locals} is the dictionary used to look up local variables; \member{f_globals} is used for global variables; \member{f_builtins} is used for built-in (intrinsic) names; \member{f_restricted} is a flag indicating whether the function is -executing in restricted execution mode; -\member{f_lineno} gives the line number and \member{f_lasti} gives the +executing in restricted execution mode; \member{f_lasti} gives the precise instruction (this is an index into the bytecode string of the code object). \withsubitem{(frame attribute)}{ @@ -821,7 +820,6 @@ the code object). \ttindex{f_code} \ttindex{f_globals} \ttindex{f_locals} - \ttindex{f_lineno} \ttindex{f_lasti} \ttindex{f_builtins} \ttindex{f_restricted}} @@ -830,12 +828,16 @@ Special writable attributes: \member{f_trace}, if not \code{None}, is a function called at the start of each source code line (this is used by the debugger); \member{f_exc_type}, \member{f_exc_value}, \member{f_exc_traceback} represent the most recent exception caught in -this frame. +this frame; \member{f_lineno} is the current line number of the frame +--- writing to this from within a trace function jumps to the given line +(only for the bottom-most frame). A debugger can implement a Jump +command (aka Set Next Statement) by writing to f_lineno. \withsubitem{(frame attribute)}{ \ttindex{f_trace} \ttindex{f_exc_type} \ttindex{f_exc_value} - \ttindex{f_exc_traceback}} + \ttindex{f_exc_traceback} + \ttindex{f_lineno}} \item[Traceback objects] \label{traceback} Traceback objects represent a stack trace of an exception. A |