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-rw-r--r--Doc/library/inspect.rst10
-rw-r--r--Lib/inspect.py8
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_inspect.py8
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS3
4 files changed, 25 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/inspect.rst b/Doc/library/inspect.rst
index 359f833..2e209eb 100644
--- a/Doc/library/inspect.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/inspect.rst
@@ -881,11 +881,17 @@ Classes and functions
The interpreter stack
---------------------
-When the following functions return "frame records," each record is a tuple of
-six items: the frame object, the filename, the line number of the current line,
+When the following functions return "frame records," each record is a
+:term:`named tuple`
+``FrameInfo(frame, filename, lineno, function, code_context, index)``.
+The tuple contains the frame object, the filename, the line number of the
+current line,
the function name, a list of lines of context from the source code, and the
index of the current line within that list.
+.. versionchanged:: 3.5
+ Return a named tuple instead of a tuple.
+
.. note::
Keeping references to frame objects, as found in the first element of the frame
diff --git a/Lib/inspect.py b/Lib/inspect.py
index da1d4b2..4dd9ab1 100644
--- a/Lib/inspect.py
+++ b/Lib/inspect.py
@@ -1312,6 +1312,8 @@ def getlineno(frame):
# FrameType.f_lineno is now a descriptor that grovels co_lnotab
return frame.f_lineno
+FrameInfo = namedtuple('FrameInfo', ('frame',) + Traceback._fields)
+
def getouterframes(frame, context=1):
"""Get a list of records for a frame and all higher (calling) frames.
@@ -1319,7 +1321,8 @@ def getouterframes(frame, context=1):
name, a list of lines of context, and index within the context."""
framelist = []
while frame:
- framelist.append((frame,) + getframeinfo(frame, context))
+ frameinfo = (frame,) + getframeinfo(frame, context)
+ framelist.append(FrameInfo(*frameinfo))
frame = frame.f_back
return framelist
@@ -1330,7 +1333,8 @@ def getinnerframes(tb, context=1):
name, a list of lines of context, and index within the context."""
framelist = []
while tb:
- framelist.append((tb.tb_frame,) + getframeinfo(tb, context))
+ frameinfo = (tb.tb_frame,) + getframeinfo(tb, context)
+ framelist.append(FrameInfo(*frameinfo))
tb = tb.tb_next
return framelist
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_inspect.py b/Lib/test/test_inspect.py
index 0452445..d746636 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_inspect.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_inspect.py
@@ -182,6 +182,14 @@ class TestInterpreterStack(IsTestBase):
(modfile, 43, 'argue', [' spam(a, b, c)\n'], 0))
self.assertEqual(revise(*mod.st[3][1:]),
(modfile, 39, 'abuse', [' self.argue(a, b, c)\n'], 0))
+ # Test named tuple fields
+ record = mod.st[0]
+ self.assertIs(record.frame, mod.fr)
+ self.assertEqual(record.lineno, 16)
+ self.assertEqual(record.filename, mod.__file__)
+ self.assertEqual(record.function, 'eggs')
+ self.assertIn('inspect.stack()', record.code_context[0])
+ self.assertEqual(record.index, 0)
def test_trace(self):
self.assertEqual(len(git.tr), 3)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index fe74da6..09afd98 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -124,6 +124,9 @@ Core and Builtins
Library
-------
+- Issue #16808: inspect.stack() now returns a named tuple instead of a tuple.
+ Patch by Daniel Shahaf.
+
- Issue #22236: Fixed Tkinter images copying operations in NoDefaultRoot mode.
- Issue #2527: Add a *globals* argument to timeit functions, in order to