luofeiyu <elearn2...@gmail.com> Wrote in message: > >>> import inspect > >>> def changer(x,y): > ... return(x+y) > ... > >>> dir() > ['__builtins__', '__doc__', '__loader__', '__name__', '__package__', '__ > 'changer', 'inspect'] > >>> inspect.getsource(changer) > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> > File "D:\Python34\lib\inspect.py", line 830, in getsource > lines, lnum = getsourcelines(object) > File "D:\Python34\lib\inspect.py", line 819, in getsourcelines > lines, lnum = findsource(object) > File "D:\Python34\lib\inspect.py", line 667, in findsource > raise OSError('could not get source code') > OSError: could not get source code > >>> >
To put it simply, inspect can get the source if it's in python, and if it's in a file visible on your own system from the same location it was built from. Since your function was built interactively, inspect cannot find any source. -- DaveA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list