__FILE__ and __LINE__ in Python
Ned Batchelder shows how to use sys._getframe() to get the current (or calling) filename, line, and function in Python. In C, this happens at compile-time. Practically everything in Python happens at runtime, so this is slower, but you can also do things like inspect the local variables in the stack frames.
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I forgot to mention that Python does have the module-level __file__ variable, but it's not as useful as __FILE__ in C, because it can't be hidden inside a macro call. What's the Ruby equivalent of sys._getframe()?
