[IronPython] Frames in IronPython

[Dan Eloff]

On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 11:22 AM, Curt Hagenlocher <curt at hagenlocher.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 9:00 PM, Jeff Hardy <jdhardy at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I don't know what the feature list is going to be for 2.1, but I'd
>> like to see frame objects near the top.
>
> As I understand it, the biggest problem with getframe has always been
> its performance implications.  Would you want all IronPython code to
> be slowed down so that this feature is supported?  What if you needed
> to opt-in on the command-line with a -X:getframe?
>
> Also, I don't see a lot of votes here. *wink*
>

I would want it to be opt-in. If I really need it (e.g. Trac) or if I
want it only for debugging, I wouldn't mind the performance hit. If I
don't need it, I wouldn't want it enabled.

Just my thoughts,
-Dan