remove unnecessarily specific extract_module_locals_above

IPython/__init__.py

@@ -1,70 +1,70 b''
 # encoding: utf-8
 """
 IPython: tools for interactive and parallel computing in Python.
 
 http://ipython.org
 """
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #  Copyright (c) 2008-2011, IPython Development Team.
 #  Copyright (c) 2001-2007, Fernando Perez <[e-mail]>
 #  Copyright (c) 2001, Janko Hauser <[e-mail]>
 #  Copyright (c) 2001, Nathaniel Gray <[e-mail]>
 #
 #  Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
 #
 #  The full license is in the file COPYING.txt, distributed with this software.
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Imports
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 import os
 import sys
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Setup everything
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # Don't forget to also update setup.py when this changes!
 if sys.version[0:3] < '2.6':
     raise ImportError('Python Version 2.6 or above is required for IPython.')
 
 # Make it easy to import extensions - they are always directly on pythonpath.
 # Therefore, non-IPython modules can be added to extensions directory.
 # This should probably be in ipapp.py.
 sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "extensions"))
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Setup the top level names
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 from .config.loader import Config
 from .core import release
 from .core.application import Application
 from .frontend.terminal.embed import embed
 
 from .core.error import TryNext
 from .core.interactiveshell import InteractiveShell
 from .testing import test
 from .utils.sysinfo import sys_info
-from .utils.frame import extract_module_locals_above
+from .utils.frame import extract_module_locals
 
 # Release data
 __author__ = ''
 for author, email in release.authors.itervalues():
     __author__ += author + ' <' + email + '>\n'
 __license__  = release.license
 __version__  = release.version
 
 def embed_kernel(module=None, local_ns=None):
     """Call this to embed an IPython kernel at the current point in your program. """
-    (caller_module, caller_locals) = extract_module_locals_above()
+    (caller_module, caller_locals) = extract_module_locals(1)
     if module is None:
         module = caller_module
     if local_ns is None:
         local_ns = caller_locals
     # Only import .zmq when we really need it
     from .zmq.ipkernel import embed_kernel as real_embed_kernel
     real_embed_kernel(module, local_ns)

IPython/utils/frame.py

@@ -1,100 +1,94 b''
 # encoding: utf-8
 """
 Utilities for working with stack frames.
 """
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #  Copyright (C) 2008-2011  The IPython Development Team
 #
 #  Distributed under the terms of the BSD License.  The full license is in
 #  the file COPYING, distributed as part of this software.
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Imports
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 import sys
 from IPython.utils import py3compat
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Code
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 @py3compat.doctest_refactor_print
 def extract_vars(*names,**kw):
     """Extract a set of variables by name from another frame.
 
     :Parameters:
       - `*names`: strings
         One or more variable names which will be extracted from the caller's
     frame.
 
     :Keywords:
       - `depth`: integer (0)
         How many frames in the stack to walk when looking for your variables.
 
 
     Examples:
 
         In [2]: def func(x):
            ...:     y = 1
            ...:     print extract_vars('x','y')
            ...:
 
         In [3]: func('hello')
         {'y': 1, 'x': 'hello'}
     """
 
     depth = kw.get('depth',0)
     
     callerNS = sys._getframe(depth+1).f_locals
     return dict((k,callerNS[k]) for k in names)
 
 
 def extract_vars_above(*names):
     """Extract a set of variables by name from another frame.
 
     Similar to extractVars(), but with a specified depth of 1, so that names
     are exctracted exactly from above the caller.
 
     This is simply a convenience function so that the very common case (for us)
     of skipping exactly 1 frame doesn't have to construct a special dict for
     keyword passing."""
 
     callerNS = sys._getframe(2).f_locals
     return dict((k,callerNS[k]) for k in names)
 
 
 def debugx(expr,pre_msg=''):
     """Print the value of an expression from the caller's frame.
 
     Takes an expression, evaluates it in the caller's frame and prints both
     the given expression and the resulting value (as well as a debug mark
     indicating the name of the calling function.  The input must be of a form
     suitable for eval().
 
     An optional message can be passed, which will be prepended to the printed
     expr->value pair."""
 
     cf = sys._getframe(1)
     print '[DBG:%s] %s%s -> %r' % (cf.f_code.co_name,pre_msg,expr,
                                    eval(expr,cf.f_globals,cf.f_locals))
 
 
 # deactivate it by uncommenting the following line, which makes it a no-op
 #def debugx(expr,pre_msg=''): pass
 
 def extract_module_locals(depth=0):
     """Returns (module, locals) of the funciton `depth` frames away from the caller"""
     f = sys._getframe(depth + 1)
     global_ns = f.f_globals
     module = sys.modules[global_ns['__name__']]
     return (module, f.f_locals)
 
-def extract_module_locals_above():
-    """Returns (module, locals) of the funciton calling the caller.
-    Like extract_module_locals() with a specified depth of 1."""
-    # we're one frame away from the target, the function we call would be two frames away
-    return extract_module_locals(1 + 1)
-