[Pythonmac-SIG] Stopping execution of a Python script

[Nicholas Riley]

On Fri, Oct 10, 2003 at 11:57:23AM -0600, Robb Brown wrote:
> Is there a way to create a simple breakpoint in a Python script?  Like 
> a stop command that stops the interpreter but doesn't kick you back to 
> the command line like sys.exit()?

import pdb; pdb.set_trace() is the standard idiom; it'll drop you into
the debugger.

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