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authorPhillip J. Eby <pje@telecommunity.com>2006-04-11 01:07:43 +0000
committerPhillip J. Eby <pje@telecommunity.com>2006-04-11 01:07:43 +0000
commit470321108019367e3bdd96309e89d79f04784d45 (patch)
tree67bb4c26a4a2e14eef1999eed390091620a850fa /Doc/lib/liblinecache.tex
parent7731dfdaad96c519d80823782ca4c81d09466e8d (diff)
downloadcpython-git-470321108019367e3bdd96309e89d79f04784d45.tar.gz
Updated the warnings, linecache, inspect, traceback, site, and doctest modules
to work correctly with modules imported from zipfiles or via other PEP 302 __loader__ objects. Tests and doc updates are included.
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/liblinecache.tex b/Doc/lib/liblinecache.tex
index c022ba9eac..98ab2a44f3 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/liblinecache.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/liblinecache.tex
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ the formatted traceback.
The \module{linecache} module defines the following functions:
-\begin{funcdesc}{getline}{filename, lineno}
+\begin{funcdesc}{getline}{filename, lineno\optional{, module_globals}}
Get line \var{lineno} from file named \var{filename}. This function
will never throw an exception --- it will return \code{''} on errors
(the terminating newline character will be included for lines that are
@@ -23,7 +23,11 @@ found).
If a file named \var{filename} is not found, the function will look
for it in the module\indexiii{module}{search}{path} search path,
-\code{sys.path}.
+\code{sys.path}, after first checking for a PEP 302 \code{__loader__}
+in \var{module_globals}, in case the module was imported from a zipfile
+or other non-filesystem import source.
+
+\versionadded[The \var{module_globals} parameter was added]{2.5}
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{clearcache}{}