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Inspect live objects
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Extract information and source code from live objects.  This module was
written by Ka-Ping Yee <ping@lfw.org>.
This manual section was written by Ka-Ping Yee <ping@lfw.org>.
_Added in Python version 2.1_

The `inspect' module provides several useful functions to help get
information about live objects such as modules, classes, methods,
functions, tracebacks, frame objects, and code objects.  For example,
it can help you examine the contents of a class, retrieve the source
code of a method, extract and format the argument list for a function,
or get all the information you need to display a detailed traceback.

There are four main kinds of services provided by this module: type
checking, getting source code, inspecting classes and functions, and
examining the interpreter stack.

Types and members

Retrieving source code

Classes and functions

interpreter stack