stop exeuction and give my a prompt

[Michael Hudson]

David Bear <david.bear at asu.edu> writes:

> I would like to have the ability to insert a statement in my code that would 
> stop program execution at that point and give me a python prompt.  I don't 
> know what to call this. 
> 
> What I would like to do is to stop program execution and inspect the state 
> of certain dictionaries --- I don't want to insert a bunch of print 
> statements and watch output fly of the screen.  I'd also like to be able to 
> fiddle with these dictionaries when my program stops.  
> 
> Any pointers?

Look at the documentation for the standard library module 'code'.

Cheers,
M.

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