[Python-ideas] pdb.set_trace may not seem long

[Ned Batchelder]

On 4/9/2012 10:20 AM, Yuval Greenfield wrote:
> Proposal:
>
> pdb.st <http://pdb.st> = pdb.set_trace
> -----------
>
> I find myself typing this a lot:
>
>     import pdb;pdb.set_trace()
>
> It's the int3 of python. When I want to debug an exact point in the 
> code I use the above line.
>
> I hope I don't come off as spoiled, it's just that import pdb;pdb.pm 
> <http://pdb.pm>() is so short that I can't help but wonder how better 
> my life would be if I could do:
>
>     import pdb;pdb.st <http://pdb.st>()
>
>
> What do you guys think? I know aliasing isn't cool since TSBOAPOOOWTDI 
> but practicality beats purity....
>
I have exactly one abbreviation defined in my .vimrc:

     abbrev pdbxx      import pdb;pdb.set_trace()

--Ned.

>
> Yuval
>
>
>
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