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Pooya Fayyaz
Pooya Fayyaz

Reputation: 43

inspect.getsource() doesn't work in python

I have a problem with this code , but don't no why...

import inspect
inspect.getsource(min)

and the error is:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#1>", line 1, in <module>
    inspect.getsource(min)
  File "C:\Python33\lib\inspect.py", line 726, in getsource
    lines, lnum = getsourcelines(object)
  File "C:\Python33\lib\inspect.py", line 715, in getsourcelines
    lines, lnum = findsource(object)
  File "C:\Python33\lib\inspect.py", line 551, in findsource
    file = getfile(object)
  File "C:\Python33\lib\inspect.py", line 435, in getfile
    'function, traceback, frame, or code object'.format(object))
TypeError: <built-in function min> is not a module, class, method, function, traceback, frame,or code object

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2508

Answers (1)

Martijn Pieters
Martijn Pieters

Reputation: 1121834

The built-in min() is implemented in C code, and inspect.getsource() can only show you Python code:

>>> min
<built-in function min>

The built-in function type is always implemented in C.

The code for this function comes from the bltinmodule.c source file; the builtin_min() function delegates to the min_max() utility function in the same source file.

Upvotes: 6

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