get_read_trace

astropy.io.ascii.get_read_trace()[source] [edit on github]

Return a traceback of the attempted read formats for the last call to read where guessing was enabled. This is primarily for debugging.

The return value is a list of dicts, where each dict includes the keyword args kwargs used in the read call and the returned status.

Returns:
trace : list of dicts

Ordered list of format guesses and status