Idle: improve stack viewer

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assignee = 'https://github.com/terryjreedy'
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2015-08-05.00:29:22.378>
labels = ['expert-IDLE', 'type-bug', '3.10']
title = 'Idle: improve stack viewer'
updated_at = <Date 2021-01-28.14:12:14.683>
user = 'https://github.com/terryjreedy'

activity = <Date 2021-01-28.14:12:14.683>
actor = 'terry.reedy'
assignee = 'terry.reedy'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['IDLE']
creation = <Date 2015-08-05.00:29:22.378>
creator = 'terry.reedy'
dependencies = []
files = ['40213']
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 24790
keywords = ['patch']
message_count = 25.0
messages = ['248010', '248011', '248012', '248741', '248743', '248746', '248771', '248777', '248780', '248781', '248791', '248810', '248844', '248848', '248849', '248850', '248854', '248933', '248934', '249115', '249173', '249223', '249242', '267501', '385864']
nosy_count = 5.0
nosy_names = ['terry.reedy', 'markroseman', 'python-dev', 'Jim.Jewett', 'can.ibanoglu']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = 'needs patch'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue24790'
versions = ['Python 3.10']

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