diff -r 5ef49659935f Doc/library/inspect.rst
--- a/Doc/library/inspect.rst	Fri Dec 28 19:09:41 2012 +0100
+++ b/Doc/library/inspect.rst	Sun Dec 30 03:01:21 2012 +0000
@@ -800,11 +800,17 @@ Classes and functions
 The interpreter stack
 ---------------------
 
-When the following functions return "frame records," each record is a tuple of
-six items: the frame object, the filename, the line number of the current line,
+When the following functions return "frame records," each record is a
+:term:`named tuple`
+``FrameInfo(frame, filename, lineno, function, code_context, index)``.
+The tuple contains the frame object, the filename, the line number of the
+current line,
 the function name, a list of lines of context from the source code, and the
 index of the current line within that list.
 
+.. versionchanged:: 3.4
+   Return a named tuple instead of a tuple.
+
 .. note::
 
    Keeping references to frame objects, as found in the first element of the frame
diff -r 5ef49659935f Lib/inspect.py
--- a/Lib/inspect.py	Fri Dec 28 19:09:41 2012 +0100
+++ b/Lib/inspect.py	Sun Dec 30 03:01:21 2012 +0000
@@ -1139,6 +1139,8 @@ def getlineno(frame):
     # FrameType.f_lineno is now a descriptor that grovels co_lnotab
     return frame.f_lineno
 
+FrameInfo = namedtuple('FrameInfo', ('frame',) + Traceback._fields)
+
 def getouterframes(frame, context=1):
     """Get a list of records for a frame and all higher (calling) frames.
 
@@ -1146,7 +1148,8 @@ def getouterframes(frame, context=1):
     name, a list of lines of context, and index within the context."""
     framelist = []
     while frame:
-        framelist.append((frame,) + getframeinfo(frame, context))
+        frameinfo = (frame,) + getframeinfo(frame, context)
+        framelist.append(FrameInfo(*frameinfo))
         frame = frame.f_back
     return framelist
 
@@ -1157,7 +1160,8 @@ def getinnerframes(tb, context=1):
     name, a list of lines of context, and index within the context."""
     framelist = []
     while tb:
-        framelist.append((tb.tb_frame,) + getframeinfo(tb, context))
+        frameinfo = (tb.tb_frame,) + getframeinfo(tb, context)
+        framelist.append(FrameInfo(*frameinfo))
         tb = tb.tb_next
     return framelist