Limit traceback from most recent call

[Yinon Ehrlich]

On Dec 14, 8:07 pm, Brian Allen Vanderburg II
<BrianVanderbu... at aim.com> wrote:
> I've looked at traceback module but I can't find how to limit traceback
> from the most recent call if it is possible.  I see that extract_tb has
> a limit parameter, but it limits from the start and not the end.  
> Currently I've made my own traceback code to do this but wonder if
> python already has a way to do this build in:
>
> def format_partial_exc(limit=None):
>
>     (type, value, tb) = sys.exc_info()
>
>     items = traceback.extract_tb(tb)
>
>     if limit:
>
>         items = items[-limit:] # Get last 'limit' items and not first
>
>     result = 'Traceback (most recent call last):\n'
>
>     items = traceback.format_list(items)
>
>     for i in items:
>
>         result += i # Newline already included
>
>     result += type.__name__ + ': ' + str(value)
>
>     return result
>
> Is this possible currently from traceback or other python module?
>
> Brian A. Vanderburg II

Hi,

The interface of extract_tb is:
traceback.extract_tb(tb, limit=None)
try to play with the 'limit' argument

Good luck,
   Yinon