function call

[ianaré]

> > Every reasonable use case for this (and several unreasonable ones)
> > that I've encountered (and some that I've just imagined) can be better
> > addressed with a trace function (sys.set_trace) than by trying to do
> > this at the point of call.
>
> Indeed. Thanks for the correction.
>
> <op>
> relevant doc here:http://docs.python.org/lib/debugger-hooks.html
> </op>

Thanks for your help. I was hoping to see a quick and easy way to do
this, so this was helpful for this particular situation. I did not
want to set up a debugger, although I am aware it's the "correct"
thing to do ...

Cheers!