pyrepl-0.6

[cmkl]

Manoj Plakal <plakal at yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<3C1531D9.1010507 at yahoo.com>...
> Michael Hudson wrote:
> 
> > cmkleffner at gmx.de (cmkl) writes:
> > 
> >>Really cool,
> >>
> >>during development I'm able to put several lines with
> >>
> >> pyrepl.python_reader.ReaderConsole(vars(), 0, None).interact()
> >>
> >>within the code, even inside functions!
> >>
> >>All I need is 'import pyrepl.python_reader' at the beginnig of 
> >>the module. Now I can estimate the state of the programm interactivly 
> >>within the scope of the function - break pyrepl with CTRL<D> - proceed
> >>with the script and take a break at the next line with pyrepl....
> >>
> >>Some kind of debugging with hardcoded breakpoints or
> >>'debbuging for dummies'. This is the thing I was looking for!
> >>
> > 
> > Heh, that is quite a neat idea.  Certainly one that hadn't occurred to
> > me.
> > 
> > BTW, pyrepl can integrate itself somewhat into pdb (see pyrepl.py for
> > details), but it's not that thorough yet.
> 
> 
> 
>             Being able to have an interactive shell inside arbitrary
>             points in a program is cool for debugging. BTW, this
>             functionality is provided by the "Interactive Debug Probe"
>             in Wing IDE (wingide.com). You can stop the program
>             at any point and then launch a shell in the context of the
>             stack frame where you stopped.
> 
>             Manoj

Unfortunately WingIde is not available on HPUX. Does the 
"Ability to debug applications running on a remote host" help there?
I guess not.