Apologies for previous code example. Yes, the 'def class' should read: 'class'.
Writing a sample to better demonstrate the issue made me realize that super() is doing something special. It is injecting the magic '__class__' local. I should rephrase my question: How do I get the declaring class from from a traceback object? Currently, I cannot see how to do it. Magic local '__class__' is not always available. And locals 'cls' and 'self' may come from subclasses. Code sample: import inspect import sys class X: def __init__(self): # Magic local '__class__' is missing raise ValueError() class Y(X): def __init__(self): super().__init__() class X2: def __init__(self): # Calling super() here will 'inject' magic local '__class__' super().__init__() raise ValueError() class Y2(X2): def __init__(self): super().__init__() def main(): _main(lambda: Y()) _main(lambda: Y2()) def _main(func): try: func() except: (exc_type, exc_value, traceback) = sys.exc_info() tb = traceback while tb: frame = tb.tb_frame # See: code.co_freevars. Sometimes magic '__class__' appears. code = frame.f_code lineno = frame.f_lineno func_name = code.co_name file_path = code.co_filename module = inspect.getmodule(frame, file_path) module_name = module.__name__ print("File: {}, Line: {}, Func: {}, Module: {}".format(file_path, lineno, func_name, module_name)) for name in ('__class__', 'self', 'cls'): if name in frame.f_locals: print(" {}: '{}'".format(name, frame.f_locals[name])) tb = tb.tb_next print() if __name__ == '__main__': main() -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list