Message 143645 - Python tracker

Message143645

Author	Claudiu.Popa
Recipients	Claudiu.Popa, docs@python
Date	2011-09-06.18:37:57
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Message-id	<1315334278.72.0.69534403863.issue12920@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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inspect.getsource called with a class defined in the same file fails with TypeError: <module '__main__' (built-in)> is a built-in class, although the documentation says that: "The argument may be a module, class, method, function, traceback, frame, or code object. The source code is returned as a single string." I think that should be specified in documentation that this function works only for objects living in a module.

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inspect.getsource called with a class defined in the same file fails with
TypeError: <module '__main__' (built-in)> is a built-in class, although the documentation says that:

"The argument may be a module, class, method, function, traceback, frame,
or code object.  The source code is returned as a single string." I think that should be specified in documentation that this function works only for objects living in a module.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2011-09-06 18:37:58	Claudiu.Popa	set	recipients: + Claudiu.Popa, docs@python
2011-09-06 18:37:58	Claudiu.Popa	set	messageid: <1315334278.72.0.69534403863.issue12920@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2011-09-06 18:37:57	Claudiu.Popa	link	issue12920 messages
2011-09-06 18:37:57	Claudiu.Popa	create