On Sun, Sep 10, 2017 at 12:06 PM, Barry Warsaw <ba...@python.org> wrote:
> For PEP 553, I think it’s a good idea to support the environment variable 
> $PYTHONBREAKPOINT[*] but I’m stuck on a design question, so I’d like to get 
> some feedback.
>
> Should $PYTHONBREAKPOINT be consulted in breakpoint() or in 
> sys.breakpointhook()?

Wouldn't the usual pattern be to check $PYTHONBREAKPOINT once at
startup, and if it's set use it to initialize sys.breakpointhook()?
Compare to, say, $PYTHONPATH.

-n

-- 
Nathaniel J. Smith -- https://vorpus.org
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