[issue39164] PyErr_GetExcInfo does not allow to retrieve for an arbitrary thread

STINNER Victor added the comment: New changeset 3430c55417f59078ac397c343894a3ee82a39624 by Victor Stinner (Julien Danjou) in branch 'master': bpo-39164: Add private _PyErr_GetExcInfo() function (GH-17752) https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/3430c55417f59078ac397c343894a3ee82a39624

[issue39164] PyErr_GetExcInfo does not allow to retrieve for an arbitrary thread

Change by Julien Danjou : -- keywords: +patch pull_requests: +17188 stage: -> patch review pull_request: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/17752 ___ Python tracker ___

[issue39164] PyErr_GetExcInfo does not allow to retrieve for an arbitrary thread

Julien Danjou added the comment: Relevant python-dev thread: https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-...@python.org/thread/QVMFP76R35SXUIM2WPPVPV5XCVMKPDEB/#TLP6MWNML4PRKFFGXHCKNEUMN6UIQ4MT -- ___ Python tracker

[issue39164] PyErr_GetExcInfo does not allow to retrieve for an arbitrary thread

New submission from Julien Danjou : PyErr_GetExcInfo does not allow to retrieve exception information for an arbitrary thread. As it calls `_PyThreadState_GET` itself, it's impossible to get exception information for a different thread. -- components: C API messages: 359029 nosy: jd