Close #15153: Added inspect.getgeneratorlocals to simplify whitebox testing of generator state updates
diff --git a/Lib/inspect.py b/Lib/inspect.py
index dd2de64..074e1b4 100644
--- a/Lib/inspect.py
+++ b/Lib/inspect.py
@@ -1259,6 +1259,8 @@
     raise AttributeError(attr)
 
 
+# ------------------------------------------------ generator introspection
+
 GEN_CREATED = 'GEN_CREATED'
 GEN_RUNNING = 'GEN_RUNNING'
 GEN_SUSPENDED = 'GEN_SUSPENDED'
@@ -1282,6 +1284,22 @@
     return GEN_SUSPENDED
 
 
+def getgeneratorlocals(generator):
+    """
+    Get the mapping of generator local variables to their current values.
+
+    A dict is returned, with the keys the local variable names and values the
+    bound values."""
+
+    if not isgenerator(generator):
+        raise TypeError("'{!r}' is not a Python generator".format(generator))
+
+    frame = getattr(generator, "gi_frame", None)
+    if frame is not None:
+        return generator.gi_frame.f_locals
+    else:
+        return {}
+
 ###############################################################################
 ### Function Signature Object (PEP 362)
 ###############################################################################
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_inspect.py b/Lib/test/test_inspect.py
index 8327721..7f70342 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_inspect.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_inspect.py
@@ -1271,6 +1271,52 @@
             self.assertIn(name, repr(state))
             self.assertIn(name, str(state))
 
+    def test_getgeneratorlocals(self):
+        def each(lst, a=None):
+            b=(1, 2, 3)
+            for v in lst:
+                if v == 3:
+                    c = 12
+                yield v
+
+        numbers = each([1, 2, 3])
+        self.assertEqual(inspect.getgeneratorlocals(numbers),
+                         {'a': None, 'lst': [1, 2, 3]})
+        next(numbers)
+        self.assertEqual(inspect.getgeneratorlocals(numbers),
+                         {'a': None, 'lst': [1, 2, 3], 'v': 1,
+                          'b': (1, 2, 3)})
+        next(numbers)
+        self.assertEqual(inspect.getgeneratorlocals(numbers),
+                         {'a': None, 'lst': [1, 2, 3], 'v': 2,
+                          'b': (1, 2, 3)})
+        next(numbers)
+        self.assertEqual(inspect.getgeneratorlocals(numbers),
+                         {'a': None, 'lst': [1, 2, 3], 'v': 3,
+                          'b': (1, 2, 3), 'c': 12})
+        try:
+            next(numbers)
+        except StopIteration:
+            pass
+        self.assertEqual(inspect.getgeneratorlocals(numbers), {})
+
+    def test_getgeneratorlocals_empty(self):
+        def yield_one():
+            yield 1
+        one = yield_one()
+        self.assertEqual(inspect.getgeneratorlocals(one), {})
+        try:
+            next(one)
+        except StopIteration:
+            pass
+        self.assertEqual(inspect.getgeneratorlocals(one), {})
+
+    def test_getgeneratorlocals_error(self):
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, inspect.getgeneratorlocals, 1)
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, inspect.getgeneratorlocals, lambda x: True)
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, inspect.getgeneratorlocals, set)
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, inspect.getgeneratorlocals, (2,3))
+
 
 class TestSignatureObject(unittest.TestCase):
     @staticmethod