"Breaking" the __main__ script

[Jean-Michel Pichavant]

vsoler wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am still learning python, thus developnig small scripts.
>
> Some of them consist only of the main module. While testing them
> (debugging) I sometimes want to stop the script at a certain point,
> with something like    stop, break, end   or something similar.
>
> What statement can I use?
>
> Vicente Soler
>   
import bdb

pdb.set_trace() # put this line anywhere you want a breakpoint in your code.

type n for next, c for continue, s for step into and google for 'python 
pdb' for the details.

JM