Changelog

3.7.0 (2024-05-02)

  • Drop support for Python 3.7.

  • Upgrade linters and refactor various string formatting and other cleanups.

  • Upgrade Cython to latest release (3.0.10).

  • Linux wheels should be back now.

  • Switched docs theme to furo.

3.6.1 (2023-04-26)

  • Added safe repr support for Decimal objects.

3.6.0 (2023-04-25)

  • Added C extension support for Python 3.11. This may come with up to 10% performance hit (depending on use-case) for all Pythons. Unfortunately some compat shims are now used for getting frame details. This is necessary to be able to work with Python 3.11 and be more future-proof.

  • Added safe repr support for ZoneInfo objects.

  • C extension files are now prebuilt with Cython 3.0b2.

  • Replaced the flake8/isort pre-commit hooks with ruff.

  • Disabled editable wheels (PEP-0662) as they don’t include the hunter.pth file. There may be a way to do it but I haven’t figured out a way to customize the editable_wheel command without a very brittle solution glued to setuptools’ internals.

3.5.1 (2022-09-27)

  • Fixed breakage in hunter-trace when Ctrl-C.

3.5.0 (2022-09-11)

  • Add support for generators and coroutines in the hunter.wrap decorator.

  • Dropped support for Python 3.6.

3.4.3 (2021-12-15)

  • Removed most of the Python 2 support code.

  • Fix some refactoring regression in setup.py and make the 3.4.x series installable only on Python 3.6 and later.

  • Yank 3.4.0, 3.4.1, 3.4.2 releases to avoid install problems on Python 2.7.

3.4.2 (2021-12-15)

  • Fixed CI to properly make win32 wheels.

3.4.1 (2021-12-14)

  • Add support for building a pp37.pp38 tagged wheel (basically an universal wheel installable just for those two PyPy versions).

3.4.0 (2021-12-14)

  • Switched CI to GitHub Actions, this has a couple consequences:

    • Support for Python 2.7 is dropped. You can still install it there but it’s not tested anymore and Python 2 specific handling will be removed at some point.

    • Linux wheels are now provided in musllinux and manylinux2014 variants.

  • Extension building is now completely skipped on PyPy.

  • A pure but tagged as platform specific wheel is now provided for PyPy (to have fast installs there as well).

3.3.8 (2021-06-23)

  • Fixed CI problem that publishes same type of wheels two times.

3.3.7 (2021-06-23)

  • Fixed a bug with how stdlib is detected on Windows (at least).

3.3.6 (2021-06-23)

  • Fixed regression from 3.3.4: stdlib filter was broken.

  • Improved the pth file (PYTHONHUNTER environment variable activation) to use a clean eval environment. No bogus variables like line (from the site.py machinery) will be available anymore.

  • Fixed a bug in VarsSnooper that would make it fail in rare situation where a double return event is emitted.

3.3.5 (2021-06-11)

  • Added support for Python 3.10.

  • Added support for time objects and the fold option in safe_repr.

  • 3.3.4 was skipped cause I messed up the CI.

3.3.3 (2021-05-04)

  • Fixed tracer still being active for other threads after it was stopped.

    Python unfortunately only allows removing the trace function for the current thread - now Tracer will uninstall itself if it’s marked as stopped.

    This fixes bogus errors that appear when using ipdb with the hunter.actions.Debugger action while thread support is enabled (the default).

3.3.2 (2021-03-25)

  • Changed CI to build Python 3.9 wheels. Python 3.5 no longer tested and wheels no longer built to keep things simple.

  • Documentation improvements.

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.