[New-bugs-announce] [issue28546] Better explain setting pdb breakpoints

[Ian Kelling]

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.

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assignee: docs at python
components: Documentation
files: iank-v1.patch
keywords: patch
messages: 279601
nosy: docs at 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

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