On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 3:45 PM, Georg Brandl <g.bra...@gmx.net> wrote: > to warm up for tomorrow's 3.2alpha1 release, I did a mini-sprint on > pdb issues today. I'm pleased to report that 14 issues could be closed, > and pdb got a range of small new features, such as commands on the > command line, "until <lineno>" or "longlist" showing all the code for the > current function (the latter courtesy of Antonio Cuni's pdb++). > > One issue that's not yet closed is #7245, which adds a (very nice IMO) > feature: when you press Ctrl-C while the program being debugged runs, > you will not get a traceback but execution is suspended, and you can > debug from the current point of execution -- just like in gdb. > > However, there were apparently issues with some of the buildbots when > the patch was applied for a short time. I also don't know how and if > it works on Windows, so I'd need some helpful people testing it. > > Another question is about a feature of pdb++ that I personally would > like, but imagine would make others unhappy: one-letter abbreviations > of commands such as c(ontinue) or l(ist) are also often-used variable > names, so they are frequently typed without the required "!" or "print" > that would distinguish them from the command, and the command is > actually executed. The feature in question would default to printing > the variable in cases where one exists -- handy enough or too > inconsistent?
Warning: 'p' is *not* the same as 'print'. 'p' is a built-in command that prints the expression's repr(). 'print' OTOH falls back through the interpreter and executes a print statement or function, which prints the str(). For me personally, the problem this feature tries to address is never a problem (of course I am probably unique as far as pdb users go :-) so I'd like a way to turn it off. > Also, are there any other features you would like to see? One feature > of pdb++ that is general enough and has no dependencies would be watch > expressions... Cool. -- --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido) _______________________________________________ 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
