On Fri, 31 May 2002, Guido van Rossum wrote: > > > > By the way, I wonder why the `_' in `sys._getframe()'. > > > To discourage people from using it. > > Why was it introduced then, since there was already a way without it? > > Because there are legitimate uses -- mostly in the area of > introspection or debugging -- and the existing way (catching an > exception) was clumsy. Clumsy and broken -- the old trick destroys the current exception context, so it is not safe to use in places where that side-effect is undesirable (which is all of the places I actually wanted to use it). -Kevin -- Kevin Jacobs The OPAL Group - Enterprise Systems Architect Voice: (216) 986-0710 x 19 E-mail: jacobs@theopalgroup.com Fax: (216) 986-0714 WWW: http://www.theopalgroup.com
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