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diff --git a/Doc/library/traceback.rst b/Doc/library/traceback.rst index 3c1d9bb51d..066ee96fc0 100644 --- a/Doc/library/traceback.rst +++ b/Doc/library/traceback.rst @@ -291,6 +291,20 @@ capture data for later printing in a lightweight fashion. of tuples. Each tuple should be a 4-tuple with filename, lineno, name, line as the elements. + .. method:: format() + + Returns a list of strings ready for printing. Each string in the + resulting list corresponds to a single frame from the stack. + Each string ends in a newline; the strings may contain internal + newlines as well, for those items with source text lines. + + For long sequences of the same frame and line, the first few + repetitions are shown, followed by a summary line stating the exact + number of further repetitions. + + .. versionchanged:: 3.6 + Long sequences of repeated frames are now abbreviated. + :class:`FrameSummary` Objects ----------------------------- |