[Python-Dev] Decoding libpython frame information on the stack

[Dustin J. Mitchell]

On Thu, Jun 28, 2007 at 09:41:06AM +0100, Mithun R N wrote:
> Am a new subscriber to this list.
> Am facing an issue in deciphering core-files of
> applications with mixed C and libpython frames in it.
> 
> I was thinking of knowing any work that has been done
> with respect to getting into the actual python line
> (file-name.py:<line number>) from the libpython frames
> on the stack while debugging such core-files. If
> anybody knows some information on this, please let me
> know. I could not get any link on the web that talks
> about this feature.

Dave Beazley once worked on this subject:

  http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/full_papers/beazley/beazley_html/index.html

Dustin