Changelog

3.3.1 (2020-10-24)

  • Fixed CI/test issues that prevented all of 21 wheels being published.

3.3.0 (2020-10-23)

  • Fixed handling so that hunter.event.Event.module is always the "?" string instead of None. Previously it was None when tracing particularly broken code and broke various predicates.
  • Similarly hunter.event.Event.filename is now "?" if there’s no filename available.
  • Building on the previous changes the actions have simpler code for displaying missing module/filenames.
  • Changed hunter.actions.CallPrinter so that trace events for builtin functions are displayed differently. These events appear when using profile mode (eg: trace(profile=True)).
  • Fixed failure that could occur if hunter.event.Event.module is an unicode string. Now it’s always a regular string. Only applies to Python 2.
  • Fixed argument display when tracing functions with tuple arguments. Closes #88. Only applies to Python 2.
  • Improved error reporting when internal failures occur. Now some details about the triggering event are logged.

3.2.2 (2020-09-04)

  • Fixed oversight over what value is in hunter.event.Event.builtin. Now it’s always a boolean, and can be used consistently in filters (eg: builtin=True,function='getattr').

3.2.1 (2020-08-18)

  • Added support for regex, date and datetime in safe_repr.
  • Fixed call argument display when positional and keyword arguments are used in hunter.actions.CallPrinter.

3.2.0 (2020-08-16)

  • Implemented the StackPrinter action.
  • Implemented the Backlog predicate. Contributed by Dan Ailenei in #81.
  • Improved contributing section in docs a bit. Contributed by Tom Schraitle in #85.
  • Improved filtering performance by avoiding a lot of unnecessary PyObject_GetAttr calls in the Cython implementation of Backlog.
  • Implemented the ErrorSnooper action.
  • Added support for profiling mode (eg: trace(profile=True)). This mode will use setprofile instead of settrace.
  • Added ARM64 wheels and CI.
  • Added hunter.event.Event.instruction and hunter.event.Event.builtin (usable in profile mode).
  • Added more cookbook entries.

3.1.3 (2020-02-02)

  • Improved again the stdlib check to handle certain paths better.

3.1.2 (2019-01-19)

  • Really fixed the <frozen importlib.something stdlib check.

3.1.1 (2019-01-19)

  • Marked all the <frozen importlib.something files as part of stdlib.

3.1.0 (2019-01-19)

  • Added ErrorSnooper - an action that detects silenced exceptions.
  • Added load_config() and fixed issues with configuration being loaded too late from the PYTHONHUNTERCONFIG environment variable.
  • Changed From() helper to automatically move depth and calls filters to the predicate (so they filter after From activates).
  • Changed From to pass a copy of event to the predicate. The copy will have the depth and calls attributes adjusted to the point where From activated.
  • Fixed a bunch of inconsistencies and bugs when using & and | operators with predicates.
  • Fixed a bunch of broken fields on detached events (function_object and arg).
  • Improved docstrings in various and added a configuration doc section.
  • Improved testing (more coverage).

3.0.5 (2019-12-06)

  • Really fixed safe_repr so it doesn’t cause side-effects (now isinstance/issubclass are avoided - they can cause side-effects in code that abuses descriptors in special attributes/methods).

3.0.4 (2019-10-26)

  • Really fixed stream setup in actions (using force_colors without any stream was broken). See: ColorStreamAction.
  • Fixed __repr__ for the From predicate to include watermark.
  • Added binary wheels for Python 3.8.

3.0.3 (2019-10-13)

3.0.2 (2019-10-10)

  • Fixed setting stream from PYTHONHUNTERCONFIG environment variable. See: ColorStreamAction.
  • Fixed a couple minor documentation issues.

3.0.1 (2019-06-17)

  • Fixed issue with coloring missing source message (coloring leaked into next line).

3.0.0 (2019-06-17)

  • The package now uses setuptools-scm for development builds (available at https://test.pypi.org/project/hunter/). As a consequence installing the sdist will download setuptools-scm.

  • Recompiled cython modules with latest Cython. Hunter can be installed without any Cython, as before.

  • Refactored some of the cython modules to have more typing information and not use deprecated property syntax.

  • Replaced unsafe_repr option with repr_func. Now you can use your custom repr function in the builtin actions. BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE

  • Fixed buggy filename handling when using Hunter in ipython/jupyter. Source code should be properly displayed now.

  • Removed globals option from VarsPrinter action. Globals are now always looked up. BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE

  • Added support for locals in VarsPrinter action. Now you can do VarsPrinter('len(foobar)').

  • Always pass module_globals dict to linecache methods. Source code from PEP-302 loaders is now printed properly. Contributed by Mikhail Borisov in #65.

  • Various code cleanup, style and docstring fixing.

  • Added hunter.From() helper to allow passing in filters directly as keyword arguments.

  • Added hunter.event.Event.detach() for storing events without leaks or side-effects (due to prolonged references to Frame objects, local or global variables).

  • Refactored the internals of actions for easier subclassing.

    Added the filename_prefix(), output(), pid_prefix(), thread_prefix(), try_repr() and try_source() methods to the hunter.actions.ColorStreamAction baseclass.

  • Added hunter.actions.VarsSnooper - a PySnooper-inspired variant of VarsPrinter. It will record and show variable changes, with the risk of leaking or using too much memory of course :)

  • Fixed tracers to log error and automatically stop if there’s an internal failure. Previously error may have been silently dropped in some situations.

2.2.1 (2019-01-19)

  • Fixed a link in changelog.
  • Fixed some issues in the Travis configuration.

2.2.0 (2019-01-19)

  • Added hunter.predicates.From predicate for tracing from a specific point. It stop after returning back to the same call depth with a configurable offset.
  • Fixed PYTHONHUNTERCONFIG not working in some situations (config values were resolved at the wrong time).
  • Made tests in CI test the wheel that will eventually be published to PyPI (tox-wheel).
  • Made event.stdlib more reliable: pkg_resources is considered part of stdlib and few more paths will be considered as stdlib.
  • Dumbed down the get_peercred check that is done when attaching with hunter-trace CLI (via hunter.remote.install()). It will be slightly insecure but will work on OSX.
  • Added OSX in the Travis test grid.

2.1.0 (2018-11-17)

  • Made threading_support on by default but output automatic (also, now 1 or 0 allowed).
  • Added pid_alignment and force_pid action options to show a pid prefix.
  • Fixed some bugs around __eq__ in various classes.
  • Dropped Python 3.3 support.
  • Dropped dependency on fields.
  • Actions now repr using a simplified implementation that tries to avoid calling __repr__ on user classes in order to avoid creating side-effects while tracing.
  • Added support for the PYTHONHUNTERCONFIG environment variable (stores defaults and doesn’t activate hunter).

2.0.2 (2017-11-24)

  • Fixed indentation in hunter.actions.CallPrinter action (shouldn’t deindent on exception).
  • Fixed option filtering in Cython Query implementation (filtering on tracer was allowed by mistake).
  • Various fixes to docstrings and docs.

2.0.1 (2017-09-09)

  • Now Py_AddPendingCall is used instead of acquiring the GIL (when using GDB).

2.0.0 (2017-09-02)

  • Added the hunter.event.Event.count and hunter.event.Event.calls` attributes.
  • Added the lt/lte/gt/gte lookups.
  • Added convenience aliases for startswith (sw), endswith (ew), contains (has) and regex (rx).
  • Added a convenience hunter.wrap() decorator to start tracing around a function.
  • Added support for remote tracing (with two backends: manhole and GDB) via the hunter-trace bin. Note: Windows is NOT SUPPORTED.
  • Changed the default action to hunter.actions.CallPrinter. You’ll need to use action=CodePrinter if you want the old output.

1.4.1 (2016-09-24)

  • Fix support for getting sources for Cython module (it was broken on Windows and Python3.5+).

1.4.0 (2016-09-24)

  • Added support for tracing Cython modules (#30). A # cython: linetrace=True stanza or equivalent is required in Cython modules for this to work.

1.3.0 (2016-04-14)

1.2.2 (2016-01-28)

  • Fix broken import. Require fields>=4.0.
  • Simplify a string check in Cython code.

1.2.1 (2016-01-27)

  • Fix “KeyError: ‘normal’” bug in hunter.actions.CallPrinter. Create the NO_COLORS dict from the COLOR dicts. Some keys were missing.

1.2.0 (2016-01-24)

1.1.0 (2016-01-21)

  • Implemented a destructor (__dealloc__) for the Cython tracer.
  • Improved the restoring of the previous tracer in the Cython tracer (use PyEval_SetTrace) directly.
  • Removed tracer as an allowed filtering argument in hunter.Query.
  • Add basic validation (must be callable) for positional arguments and actions passed into hunter.Q. Closes #23.
  • Fixed stdlib checks (wasn’t very reliable). Closes #24.

1.0.2 (2016-01-05)

  • Fixed missing import in setup.py.

1.0.1 (2015-12-24)

  • Fix a compile issue with the MSVC compiler (seems it don’t like the inline option on the fast_When_call).

1.0.0 (2015-12-24)

  • Implemented fast tracer and query objects in Cython. MAY BE BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE

    To force using the old pure-python implementation set the PUREPYTHONHUNTER environment variable to non-empty value.

  • Added filtering operators: contains, startswith, endswith and in. Examples:

    • Q(module_startswith='foo' will match events from foo, foo.bar and foobar.
    • Q(module_startswith=['foo', 'bar'] will match events from foo, foo.bar, foobar, bar, bar.foo and baroo .
    • Q(module_endswith='bar' will match events from foo.bar and foobar.
    • Q(module_contains='ip' will match events from lipsum.
    • Q(module_in=['foo', 'bar'] will match events from foo and bar.
    • Q(module_regex=r"(re|sre.*)\b") will match events from ``re, re.foobar, srefoobar but not from repr.

  • Removed the merge option. Now when you call hunter.trace(...) multiple times only the last one is active. BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE

  • Remove the previous_tracer handling. Now when you call hunter.trace(...) the previous tracer (whatever was in sys.gettrace()) is disabled and restored when hunter.stop() is called. BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE

  • Fixed CodePrinter to show module name if it fails to get any sources.

0.6.0 (2015-10-10)

  • Added a clear_env_var option on the tracer (disables tracing in subprocess).
  • Added force_colors option on hunter.actions.VarsPrinter and hunter.actions.CodePrinter.
  • Allowed setting the stream to a file name (option on hunter.actions.VarsPrinter and hunter.actions.CodePrinter).
  • Bumped up the filename alignment to 40 cols.
  • If not merging then self is not kept as a previous tracer anymore. Closes #16.
  • Fixed handling in VarsPrinter: properly print eval errors and don’t try to show anything if there’s an AttributeError. Closes #18.
  • Added a stdlib boolean flag (for filtering purposes). Closes #15.
  • Fixed broken frames that have “None” for filename or module (so they can still be treated as strings).
  • Corrected output files in the install_lib command so that pip can uninstall the pth file. This only works when it’s installed with pip (sadly, setup.py install/develop and pip install -e will still leave pth garbage on pip uninstall hunter).

0.5.1 (2015-04-15)

0.5.0 (2015-04-06)

0.4.0 (2015-03-29)

  • Disabled colors for Jython. Contributed by Claudiu Popa in #12.
  • Test suite fixes for Windows. Contributed by Claudiu Popa in #11.
  • Added an introduction section in the docs.
  • Implemented a prettier fallback for when no sources are available for that frame.
  • Implemented fixups in cases where you use action classes as a predicates.

0.3.1 (2015-03-29)

  • Forgot to merge some commits …

0.3.0 (2015-03-29)

  • Added handling for internal repr failures.
  • Fixed issues with displaying code that has non-ascii characters.
  • Implemented better display for call frames so that when a function has decorators the function definition is shown (instead of just the first decorator). See: #8.

0.2.1 (2015-03-28)

  • Added missing color entry for exception events.
  • Added hunter.event.Event.line property. It returns the source code for the line being run.

0.2.0 (2015-03-27)

  • Added color support (and colorama as dependency).
  • Added support for expressions in hunter.actions.VarsPrinter.
  • Breaking changes:
  • Improved error reporting for env variable activation (PYTHONHUNTER).
  • Fixed env var activator (the .pth file) installation with setup.py install (the “egg installs”) and setup.py develop/pip install -e (the “egg links”).

0.1.0 (2015-03-22)

  • First release on PyPI.