Function extract_stack

Lib/traceback.py:261–274

Extract the raw traceback from the current stack frame. The return value has the same format as for extract_tb(). The optional 'f' and 'limit' arguments have the same meaning as for print_stack(). Each item in the list is a quadruple (filename, line number, function name, text), a

(f=None, limit=None)

def extract_stack(f=None, limit=None):
    """Extract the raw traceback from the current stack frame.

    The return value has the same format as for extract_tb().  The
    optional 'f' and 'limit' arguments have the same meaning as for
    print_stack().  Each item in the list is a quadruple (filename,
    line number, function name, text), and the entries are in order
    from oldest to newest stack frame.
    """
    if f is None:
        f = sys._getframe().f_back
    stack = StackSummary.extract(walk_stack(f), limit=limit)
    stack.reverse()
    return stack


def clear_frames(tb):