On 6/12/25 02:59, Stefan Ram wrote:
r...@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) wrote or quoted:
But how to achieve the same for local variables?
import pdb
def f():
a = 1
pdb.set_trace()
f()
. Now, the program stops there and you can enter:
print( a ) (user input)
1 (system output)
. However, it's a bit more difficult than it could be -
especially for beginners - due to the cryptic names chosen!
One could more easily remember something like:
import debug
def f():
a = 1
debug.stop()
f()
. When a method is named "set_trace", some people might think
its purpose is to set a property called "trace". Moreover, it's
not obvious how invoking an interactive debug session should bring
up the idea of "setting a trace", what does that even mean??
Just use the synonym: breakpoint()
That should be pretty clear (a moderatly recent addition - Python 3.7 I
think, so about seven years - may not be in every tutorial).
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