[Python-Dev] PEP 559 - built-in noop()

[Chris Angelico]

On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 11:03 AM, Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org> wrote:
> On Sep 10, 2017, at 14:39, Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> As a language change, definitely not. But I like this idea for
>> PYTHONBREAKPOINT. You set it to the name of a function, or to "pass"
>> if you want nothing to be done. It's a special case that can't
>> possibly conflict with normal usage.
>
> I have working code for `PYTHONBREAKPOINT=0` and `PYTHONBREAKPOINT= ` (i.e. the empty string as given by getenv()) meaning “disable”.  I don’t think we also need `PYTHONBREAKPOINT=pass`.
>

Blank is the other one that I would stumble to. Works for me.

ChrisA