feat(capi): implement PyTraceBack_Here by krosci · Pull Request #8938 · RustPython/RustPython

krosci · 2026-10-01T17:03:05Z

This change implements the PyTraceBack_Here function to attach executing frame records onto the active exception traceback, addressing part of #8156.

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- Added support for recording a frame and its source line in the traceback of the active exception. When there is no active exception, the operation has no effect. C API callers can use this to include additional context in error tracebacks.

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The C API adds PyTraceBack_Here. If no current exception exists, the function returns success without changing exception state. Otherwise, it creates a traceback entry for the supplied frame and prepends it to the exception’s traceback.

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C API traceback support

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Attach a frame to the current traceback `crates/capi/Cargo.toml`, `crates/capi/src/traceback.rs`	The C API adds the compiler-core dependency and `PyTraceBack_Here`. The function uses the frame’s line number and instruction offset, links the existing traceback, and sets the result on the current exception. Tests call the function and check exception retrieval and `PyTraceBack_Check` with an integer.

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The change adds frame-based traceback attachment while preserving the existing traceback chain. No concrete merge-blocking risk is identified; merge after normal checks pass.

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observed — crates (service) was modified; 2 changed files map to changed impact.

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observed — Modified behavior in crates/capi/Cargo.toml: Added the rustpython-compiler-core workspace dependency.
observed — Modified behavior in crates/capi/src/traceback.rs: Imports OneIndexed for traceback line numbers and PyPayload for traceback construction.
observed — Modified behavior in crates/capi/src/traceback.rs: Adds PyTraceBack_Here: when no current exception exists, it returns success without modifying an exception; otherwise it builds a traceback entry from the frame’s line number (at least 1) and instruction offset, links the existing traceback, and sets the result on the exception.
observed — Modified behavior in crates/capi/src/traceback.rs: Adds tests with a Python-callable wrapper around PyTraceBack_Here, invokes it from Python, and checks exception retrieval plus that an integer is rejected by PyTraceBack_Check.

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Exercise PyTraceBack_Here with an active frame and error indicator.

PyEval_GetFrame() runs after py.run returns and can be null, so the guard can skip the call. Even when the call runs, the test checks only the return code; a no-op implementation that returns success passes. Invoke PyTraceBack_Here from a Rust callback during Python execution, set the C API error indicator, and assert that the new traceback node uses that frame and preserves the previous traceback.
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Review comment at @crates/capi/src/traceback.rs at line 59:
Update the PyTraceBack_Here test to invoke it through a Rust callback while
Python is executing, with the C API error indicator set. Assert that the added
traceback node references the active frame and that the previous traceback is
preserved, rather than checking only the return code.

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Review comments at @crates/capi/src/traceback.rs:
- Line 59: Update the PyTraceBack_Here test to invoke it through a Rust callback
while Python is executing, with the C API error indicator set. Assert that the
added traceback node references the active frame and that the previous traceback
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youknowone · 2026-10-02T09:27:47Z

@bschoenmaeckers do you mind if I expect you as the primary reviewer of capi related patches?

bschoenmaeckers · 2026-10-02T09:29:16Z

@bschoenmaeckers do you mind if I expect you as the primary reviewer of capi related patches?

Yes sure!

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