installed as the trace function for debugged frames. Its return value is the new trace function, which is usually itself. The default implementation decides how to dispatch a frame, depending on the type of event (passed in as a string) that is about to be executed. The event can be one of the following: line: A new line of code is going to be executed. call: A function is about to be called or another code block is entered. return: A function or other code block is about to return. exception: An exception has occurred. c_call: A C function is about to be called. c_return: A C function has returned. c_exception: A C function has raised an exception. For the Python events, specialized functions (see the dispatch_*() methods) are called. For the C events, no action is taken. The arg parameter depends on the previous event. NÚ