[Python-Dev] remote debugging with pdb

One thing PDB needs is a mode that runs as a background thread and opens up a socket so that another Python process can talk to it, for embedded/remote/GUI debugging.

There is a patch on SourceForge python.org/sf/721464 which allows pdb to read/write from/to arbitrary file objects. Would it answer some of your concerns (eg remote debugging)? The patch probably will not apply to the current code, but I guess, I could revive it if anyone thinks that it's worthwhile... What do you think? Ilya