Argument Clinic: negative line numbers

[serhiy-storchaka]

BPO	20143
Nosy	@larryhastings, @serhiy-storchaka

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title = 'Argument Clinic: negative line numbers'
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[serhiy-storchaka]

In case of error Argument Clinic sometimes reports negative line numbers.

[larryhastings]

I've seen the problem before, but was too busy to fix it. Give me a reproducable test case and I'll fix it.

[python-dev]

New changeset 9c8d31d69044 by Larry Hastings in branch 'default':
Issue bpo-20143: The line numbers reported in Argument Clinic errors are
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/9c8d31d69044

[larryhastings]

Oh, golly, this was one of those "what was I thinking?" sorts of bugs. The problem (and the fix) was obvious once I stared at it long enough.