New submission from Ian Kelling: https://docs.python.org/3.7/library/pdb.html: "The typical usage to break into the debugger from a running program is to insert import pdb; pdb.set_trace() at the location you want to break into the debugger." A plain read of this says: insert code into a running program. I can do this just fine in gdb, so when reading this, I wonder if attaching is explained elsewhere, or what. Patch to improve this. ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation files: iank-v1.patch keywords: patch messages: 279601 nosy: docs@python, iank priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Better explain setting pdb breakpoints versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.3, Python 3.4, Python 3.5, Python 3.6, Python 3.7 Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file45253/iank-v1.patch _______________________________________ Python tracker <report@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue28546> _______________________________________