Kay Schluehr wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > jalanb wrote: > > > You might like the version here: > > > http://www.jorendorff.com/toys/out.html > > > > > > Especially the "need to know" presentation, which is cute > > > > > > -- > > > Alan > > > http://aivipi.blogspot.com > > > > Thank you for the tip. > > Meanwhile, I found a shorter solution to my problem: > > def magic(arg): > > import inspect > > return inspect.stack()[1][4][0].split("magic")[-1][1:-1] > > > > assert magic(3+4)=="3+4" > > > > Alain > > Does it? Using your function I keep an assertion error. Storing the > return value of magic()in a variable s I receive the following result: > > def magic(arg): > import inspect > return inspect.stack()[1][4][0].split("magic")[-1][1:-1] > > s = magic(3+4) # magic line > > >>> s > 'lin' > > > BTW grepping the stack will likely cause context sensitive results. > > Kay
This is no production-ready code, just a proof of concept. Adding 3 or 4 lines would make it more robust. Just hope someone else will benefit from this discussion. Alain -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list