Function _getframe

recipes/Python/52315_Obtaining_name/recipe-52315.py:12–22

(level=0)

import sys

def _getframe(level=0):
    try:
        1/0
    except:
        import sys
        tb = sys.exc_info()[-1]
    frame = tb.tb_frame
    while level >= 0:
        frame = frame.f_back
        level = level - 1
    return frame

sys._getframe = _getframe
del _getframe