linecache Namespace Reference

Functions
def	getline
def	clearcache
def	getlines
def	checkcache
def	updatecache

Variables
list	__all__ = ["getline", "clearcache", "checkcache"]
dictionary	cache = {}

Detailed Description

Cache lines from files.

This is intended to read lines from modules imported -- hence if a filename
is not found, it will look down the module search path for a file by
that name.

Function Documentation

def linecache.checkcache

(

filename = None

)

Discard cache entries that are out of date.
(This is not checked upon each call!)

def linecache.clearcache

(

)

Clear the cache entirely.

def linecache.getline	(		filename,
			lineno,
			module_globals = None
	)

def linecache.getlines	(		filename,
			module_globals = None
	)

Get the lines for a file from the cache.
Update the cache if it doesn't contain an entry for this file already.

def linecache.updatecache	(		filename,
			module_globals = None
	)

Update a cache entry and return its list of lines.
If something's wrong, print a message, discard the cache entry,
and return an empty list.

Variable Documentation

list linecache.__all__ = ["getline", "clearcache", "checkcache"]

dictionary linecache.cache = {}