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27 changes: 26 additions & 1 deletion Doc/c-api/frame.rst
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Expand Up @@ -132,14 +132,39 @@ See also :ref:`Reflection <reflection>`.
.. versionadded:: 3.11

.. versionchanged:: 3.13
As part of :pep:`667`, return a proxy object for optimized scopes.
As part of :pep:`667`, return an instance of :c:var:`PyFrameLocalsProxy_Type`.


.. c:function:: int PyFrame_GetLineNumber(PyFrameObject *frame)

Return the line number that *frame* is currently executing.


Frame Locals Proxies
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

.. versionadded:: 3.13

In older versions of :term:`CPython`, the exposed local variables dictionary
(via :attr:`~frame.f_locals`, :c:func:`PyFrame_GetLocals`, or :func:`locals`)
wouldn't be consistent with the actual local variables, leading to all sorts of
weird issues. In 3.13, instead of using a dictionary to expose local variables,
a special proxy type is used instead, which retains consistency when manipulating
scopes.

See :pep:`667` for more information.

.. c:var:: PyTypeObject PyFrameLocalsProxy_Type

The type of frame :func:`locals` proxy objects.

.. versionadded:: 3.13

.. c:function:: int PyFrameLocalsProxy_Check(PyObject *obj)

Return non-zero if *obj* is a frame :func:`locals` proxy.

.. versionadded:: 3.13

Internal Frames
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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