deduperreload gives invalid tracebacks in reloaded functions
Author: yut23Created Aug 7, 2026Updated Aug 16, 2026
When a function is reloaded with deduperreload, the line number information from the source file is lost. This breaks tracebacks, causing them to point to the start of the file instead of the correct source line. The reported line number matches the offset from the start of the function (plus one if the function is inside a class), but any comments and blank lines are ignored.
Tested with Python 3.13.14, IPython 9.15.0.
Python 3.13.14 | packaged by conda-forge | (main, Jun 12 2026, 09:50:25) [GCC 14.3.0]
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In [1]: %load_ext autoreload
In [2]: %autoreload -p 1
In [3]: %%writefile module.py
...: """
...: The traceback incorrectly points to this line (line 2 of the file)
...: """
...: def func():
...: assert False, "before reload"
...:
...:
In [4]: %aimport module
In [5]: module.func()
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
AssertionError Traceback (most recent call last)
Cell In[5], line 1
----> 1 module.func()
File /tmp/module.py:5, in func()
4 def func():
----> 5 assert False, "before reload"
AssertionError: before reload
In [6]: %%writefile module.py
...: """
...: The traceback incorrectly points to this line (line 2 of the file)
...: """
...: def func():
...: assert False, "after reload"
...:
...:
Overwriting module.py
In [7]: module.func()
Reloading 'module'.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
AssertionError Traceback (most recent call last)
Cell In[7], line 1
----> 1 module.func()
File /tmp/module.py:2, in func()
1 """
----> 2 The traceback incorrectly points to this line (line 2 of the file)
3 """
4 def func():
5 assert False, "after reload"
AssertionError: after reloadSource: ipython/ipython