C macros in Python.

[Steve Holden]

Steve Juranich wrote:
> 
> I was just wondering if there was anything available in Python like the
> __FILE__ and __LINE__ macros in C.  I know about the __name__ attribute, but
> I'm not sure that does exactly what I'm looking to do.
> 
> What I'd like to do is write some code that will tell me _exactly_ on which
> file and while line things went wrong.
> 
> Thanks for the help.
> 
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> Stephen W. Juranich                         sjuranic at ee.washington.edu
> Electrical Engineering         http://students.washington.edu/sjuranic
> University of Washington             http://rcs.ee.washington.edu/ssli

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The "approved" means of accessing this information would, I believe, be
the use of the traceback standard module.  This will involve learning the
structure of the traceback objects it deals with, but you should be able
to get everything you need - it's intended to allow customized exception
responses such as you describe.

regards
 Steve
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