Misbehavior of `f.__code__.co_firstlineno` for decorated functions
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Description
Bug report
Bug description:
See also: #139783
Compare:
dummy = lambda f: f # L1
@dummy # L2
def f(): # L3
return # L4
print(f.__code__.co_firstlineno) # L5 # result = 2
with
dummy = lambda f: f # L1
pass # L2
def f(): # L3
return # L4
print(f.__code__.co_firstlineno) # L5 # result = 3
and
dummy = lambda f: f # L1
@\
dummy # L3
def f(): # L4
return # L5
print(f.__code__.co_firstlineno) # L6 # result = 3
In the last example, the line continuation after @ is not handled correctly and the first line for f.__code__ then becomes the line at dummy. Because of that, the values returned by inspect.findsource(f) will not be consistent and inspect.getsourcelines will not use the correct source (it will only start at "dummy" and will not contain the "@" part).
@serhiy-storchaka suggested that this is an issue in the AST parser. I however don't know how we should actually fix this.
Consequences to inspect.getsource and other introspection functions:
import inspect
def outer(*args, **kwargs):
def inner(f):
return f
return deco
@(
outer(
...
)
)
def f():
return "hello"
print(inspect.getsource(f))
On Python 3.12, the output is expected:
@(
outer(
...
)
)
def func():
return "hello"
On Python 3.13.7, the output is missing the first line @(:
outer(
...
)
)
def func():
return "hello"
On Python 3.13.9 and main, we are missing @ and outer parentheses:
outer(
...
)
CPython versions tested on:
CPython main branch
Operating systems tested on:
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Research direction
Reproduce the three decorator examples and the nested-decorator example, then inspect the AST parser behavior alongside inspect.findsource, inspect.getsourcelines, and inspect.getsource. Done means decorated functions report the correct first source line, including continued decorators and opening parentheses, and introspection returns the complete decorator source.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- compilers, devtools
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100