diff --git a/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst b/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst index 6700c48d230e74..bc25dd439ab2ed 100644 --- a/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst +++ b/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst @@ -1225,3 +1225,37 @@ Warning types .. versionadded:: 3.10 :c:data:`PyExc_EncodingWarning`. + + +Tracebacks +========== + +.. c:var:: PyTypeObject PyTraceBack_Type + + Type object for traceback objects. This is available as + :class:`types.TracebackType` in the Python layer. + + +.. c:function:: int PyTraceBack_Check(PyObject *op) + + Return true if *op* is a traceback object, false otherwise. This function + does not account for subtypes. + + +.. c:function:: int PyTraceBack_Here(PyFrameObject *f) + + Replace the :attr:`~BaseException.__traceback__` attribute on the current + exception with a new traceback prepending *f* to the existing chain. + + Calling this function without an exception set is undefined behavior. + + This function returns ``0`` on success, and returns ``-1`` with an + exception set on failure. + + +.. c:function:: int PyTraceBack_Print(PyObject *tb, PyObject *f) + + Write the traceback *tb* into the file *f*. + + This function returns ``0`` on success, and returns ``-1`` with an + exception set on failure.