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Expand Up @@ -19,17 +19,14 @@ which are written in
[a DSL](https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/main/Tools/cases_generator/interpreter_definition.md)
developed for this purpose.

Recall that the [Python Compiler](https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/main/InternalDocs/compiler.md)
produces a [`CodeObject`](https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/main/InternalDocs/code_object.md),
Recall that the [Python Compiler](compiler.md) produces a [`CodeObject`](code_object.md),
which contains the bytecode instructions along with static data that is required to execute them,
such as the consts list, variable names,
[exception table](https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/main/InternalDocs/exception_handling.md#format-of-the-exception-table),
and so on.
[exception table](exception_handling.md#format-of-the-exception-table), and so on.

When the interpreter's
[`PyEval_EvalCode()`](https://docs.python.org/3.14/c-api/veryhigh.html#c.PyEval_EvalCode)
function is called to execute a `CodeObject`, it constructs a
[`Frame`](https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/main/InternalDocs/frames.md) and calls
function is called to execute a `CodeObject`, it constructs a [`Frame`](frames.md) and calls
[`_PyEval_EvalFrame()`](https://docs.python.org/3.14/c-api/veryhigh.html#c.PyEval_EvalCode)
to execute the code object in this frame. The frame hold the dynamic state of the
`CodeObject`'s execution, including the instruction pointer, the globals and builtins.
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