On 09/27/2017 02:56 PM, Victor Stinner wrote:
Hi,
In bpo-29400, it was proposed to add the ability to trace not only
function calls but also instructions at the bytecode level. I like the
idea, but I don't see how to extend sys.settrace() to add a new
"trace_instructions: bool" optional (keyword-only?) parameter without
breaking the backward compatibility. Should we add a new function
instead?
One possibility would be for settrace to query the capability on the
part of the provided callable.
For example:
def settrace(tracefn):
if getattr(tracefn, '__settrace_trace_instructions__', False):
... we need to trace instructions ...
In general, the "trace function" can be upgraded to the concept of a
"trace object" with (optional) methods under than __call__. This is
extensible, easy to document, and fully supports the original
"old=sys.gettrace(); ...; sys.settrace(old)" idiom.
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