[Python-checkins] bpo-36277: Add document for pdb debug and retval commands (GH-12872)

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https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d5d41d39366214c9628b2680fa18fb8d085bcdbc
commit: d5d41d39366214c9628b2680fa18fb8d085bcdbc
branch: 3.8
author: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington at users.noreply.github.com>
committer: GitHub <noreply at github.com>
date: 2019-11-20T17:56:26-08:00
summary:

bpo-36277: Add document for pdb debug and retval commands (GH-12872)


https://bugs.python.org/issue36277

Automerge-Triggered-By: @csabella
(cherry picked from commit 9391f6c3ef24f7962c534c42ccb792debdbef509)

Co-authored-by: Dave Nguyen <dv at dvnguyen.com>

files:
M Doc/library/pdb.rst

diff --git a/Doc/library/pdb.rst b/Doc/library/pdb.rst
index f26b6a8b553b3..5ee7faaa5c9f8 100644
--- a/Doc/library/pdb.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/pdb.rst
@@ -531,6 +531,14 @@ by the local file.
 
    Quit from the debugger.  The program being executed is aborted.
 
+.. pdbcommand:: debug code
+
+   Enter a recursive debugger that steps through the code
+   argument (which is an arbitrary expression or statement to be
+   executed in the current environment).
+
+.. pdbcommand:: retval
+   Print the return value for the last return of a function.
 
 .. rubric:: Footnotes