> By the way, I wonder why the `_' in `sys._getframe()'. Was it to > mark that this is a function giving access to internals? If yes, > this only increases my wondering, since there are other functions in > `sys' which give access to internals, and which do not use such a > `_' prefix. I presume this has been debated in the proper time, I > was probably elsewhere and missed the discussion. Could the reason > be summarised in one sentence? :-) To discourage people from using it. This function enables a programming idiom where a function digs in its caller's namespace. I find that highly undesirable so I wanted to emphasize that this function does not exist for that purpose. (Neither does inspect.currentframe(). :-) --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
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