From 8fa23fcccdbb04bda6dd215c342b73dd50bb0f55 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tyler Goodlet <jgbt@protonmail.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2025 15:50:14 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Raise RTE from `limit_plds()` on no `curr_ctx`

Since it should only be used from within a `Portal.open_context()`
scope, make sure the caller knows that!

Also don't hide the frame in tb if the immediate function errors..
---
 tractor/msg/_ops.py | 14 ++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tractor/msg/_ops.py b/tractor/msg/_ops.py
index 6f178ba..839be53 100644
--- a/tractor/msg/_ops.py
+++ b/tractor/msg/_ops.py
@@ -461,11 +461,16 @@ def limit_plds(
 
     '''
     __tracebackhide__: bool = True
+    curr_ctx: Context|None = current_ipc_ctx()
+    if curr_ctx is None:
+        raise RuntimeError(
+            'No IPC `Context` is active !?\n'
+            'Did you open `limit_plds()` from outside '
+            'a `Portal.open_context()` scope-block?'
+        )
     try:
-        curr_ctx: Context = current_ipc_ctx()
         rx: PldRx = curr_ctx._pld_rx
         orig_pldec: MsgDec = rx.pld_dec
-
         with rx.limit_plds(
             spec=spec,
             **dec_kwargs,
@@ -475,6 +480,11 @@ def limit_plds(
                 f'{pldec}\n'
             )
             yield pldec
+
+    except BaseException:
+        __tracebackhide__: bool = False
+        raise
+
     finally:
         log.runtime(
             'Reverted to previous payload-decoder\n\n'