Hi, It seems I don't completely understand how getsource works, as I expect that I should get the source code of class A. But I don't. Would you please let me know what I am wrong?
$ cat main.py #!/usr/bin/env python import inspect class A: pass a=A() print inspect.getsource(a) $ ./main.py Traceback (most recent call last): File "./main.py", line 10, in <module> print inspect.getsource(a) File "/home/pengy/utility/linux/opt/Python-2.6.5/lib/python2.6/inspect.py", line 689, in getsource lines, lnum = getsourcelines(object) File "/home/pengy/utility/linux/opt/Python-2.6.5/lib/python2.6/inspect.py", line 678, in getsourcelines lines, lnum = findsource(object) File "/home/pengy/utility/linux/opt/Python-2.6.5/lib/python2.6/inspect.py", line 519, in findsource file = getsourcefile(object) or getfile(object) File "/home/pengy/utility/linux/opt/Python-2.6.5/lib/python2.6/inspect.py", line 441, in getsourcefile filename = getfile(object) File "/home/pengy/utility/linux/opt/Python-2.6.5/lib/python2.6/inspect.py", line 418, in getfile raise TypeError('arg is not a module, class, method, ' TypeError: arg is not a module, class, method, function, traceback, frame, or code object -- Regards, Peng -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list