[IronPython] Odd tracebacks

[Dan Eloff]

Well it seems that certain code that is run with exec will create the
bad frames which then gets attached to subsequent exceptions. It isn't
related to the Microsoft.Scripting.Silverlight code, but it could
still be silverlight specific. Actually I'm highly suspicious of the
big block of code in GetDyanmicStackFrames that seems to be for
filtering bad frames out, which is ifdefed out for silverlight. Do you
remember why that part isn't used for silverlight? I'll keep digging
and see if I find anything more concrete.

Thanks,
-Dan

On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 3:10 PM, Dino Viehland <dinov at microsoft.com> wrote:
> Good places to look would be:
>        ExceptionHelpers.UpdateStackTrace is where the frame should be remembered
>        PythonOps.CreateTraceBack should be where we actually pull the current set of frames for exceptions and build up the stack trace
>        ScriptingRuntimeHelpers.GetDynamicStackFrames is where we actually figure out the frames associated with a particular exception.        Those can come from either a thread static or the exception object it's self.
>
> I'd guess the bug is somehow related to the thread static (ExceptionHelpers.DynamicStackFrames) tracking extra frames and not being cleared at some appropriate time.  I look forward to seeing what you find :)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: users-bounces at lists.ironpython.com [mailto:users-bounces at lists.ironpython.com] On Behalf Of Dan Eloff
> Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 11:18 AM
> To: Discussion of IronPython
> Subject: Re: [IronPython] Odd tracebacks
>
> This extraneous stack trace seems to happen on every exception. I've
> confirmed that it's an IronPython problem, not silverlight. It only
> ever consists of these two, and the debugger confirms that they aren't
> called on the error path.
>
> at pairwise in game/utils\functions.py, line 46
> at __getattr__ in game\models\__init__.py, line 145
>
> It's baffling. I tried again to make a repro, using duplicates of
> these two functions, in the same package structure, but failed. I'm
> going to try putting break points into the IronPython exception
> formatting code and running under the debugger later today. I'd really
> appreciate if I had some function names or places where I should put
> break points, because I have no idea. I'll have to dig through the
> IronPython code for hours to find appropriate places.
>
> Thanks,
> -Dan
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