[Python-Dev] seeing off SET_LINENO
Barry A. Warsaw
barry@python.org
Wed, 31 Jul 2002 08:15:49 -0400
>>>>> "MH" == Mark Hammond <mhammond@skippinet.com.au> writes:
MH> [Barry in a different message]
>> I can't decide whether it would be good to stop on the def or
>> not. Not doing so makes pdb act more like gdb, which also only
>> stops on the first executable line, so maybe that's a good
>> thing.
MH> IMO, the Python debugger "interface" should include function
MH> entry. The debugger UI (in this case pdb, but any other
MH> debugger) may choose not to break there, but the debugger
MH> itself may be able to implement some useful things by having
MH> the hook.
Good point.
-Barry