The linecache Module

The linecache module in Example 13-13 is used to read lines from module source code. It caches recently visited modules (the entire source file, actually).

Example 13-13. Using the linecache module

File: linecache-example-1.py

import linecache

print linecache.getline("linecache-example-1.py", 5)

print linecache.getline("linecache-example-1.py", 5)

This module is used by the traceback module.

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