I am changing the subject from "http://bugs.python.org/issue231540,"; because if there was a prize for a non-descriptive subject, OP would win it.
There must be a good reason why traditional software development tools such as debugger, profiler and coverage are mostly neglected in python. Terry and I have recently discovered that the trace (coverage) module does not have any unit tests [1] and pretty much does not work in 3.x. [2] One of the recently fixed trace module problems [3] is likely affecting profile module as well. I tried to figure out who works on profile to add them to the nosy list and could not find anyone. I seem to remember someone suggesting that python's dynamic nature makes traditional development tools unnecessary. A print statement is the only debugging tool that you need. There may be some truth to it, but in this case, python should not distribute these tools. I am personally in the opposite camp: I love pdb and I am a big believer in profiling and coverage testing. I have entered myself as a maintainer for the trace module which is the simplest of the three, but I would like to learn from developers of pdb and profile on a range of overlapping issues. [1] http://bugs.python.org/issue9315 [2] http://bugs.python.org/issue9317 [3] http://bugs.python.org/issue9323 On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 6:26 PM, Mark Lawrence <breamore...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > Is there any money to pay for the forthcoming 10th birthday party for this > issue? Is the OP still alive? > > Kindest regards. > > Mark Lawrence. > > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/alexander.belopolsky%40gmail.com > _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
