Python: Uncovering the Overlooked Core Functionalities

Re:Python: Uncovering the Overlooked Core Functionalities by rowanseymour on Monday July 24, 2023 @04:47PM (#36853975)

Since Python 3.7

  import pdb
  pdb.set_trace()

can be written as just

  breakpoint()

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Re:Python: Uncovering the Overlooked Core Functionalities by agumonkey on Monday July 24, 2023 @04:51PM (#36854025)

I was told that at my job, but my fingers are so used to type `pdb` and emacs template-replacing it that I can't change.

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Re:Python: Uncovering the Overlooked Core Functionalities by shpx on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @06:58AM (#36860528)

Configure Emacs to template-replace it with breakpoint()

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Re:Python: Uncovering the Overlooked Core Functionalities by erikvdven on Monday July 24, 2023 @04:56PM (#36854079)

Thanks for the tip! :)

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Re:Python: Uncovering the Overlooked Core Functionalities by IshKebab on Monday July 24, 2023 @05:27PM (#36854438)

And this also works with Debugpy so you can actually use a proper debugger and not pdb which is frankly terrible.

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Re:Python: Uncovering the Overlooked Core Functionalities by masklinn on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @07:25AM (#36860722)

That's not entirely true, because `breakpoint` is a more general hook, `pdb.set_trace` is just its default behaviour.

This is, if anything, better. Because that way you can e.g. replace stray `breakpoint()` calls by warnings rather than break production :D

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