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Title: Pdb does not stop at a breakpoint set on the line of a function definition
Type: behavior Stage:
Components: Library (Lib) Versions: Python 3.2, Python 3.3, Python 2.7
process
Status: open Resolution:
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: Nosy List: georg.brandl, xdegaye
Priority: normal Keywords: patch

Created on 2012-05-14 15:36 by xdegaye, last changed 2022-04-11 14:57 by admin.

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pdb_default.patch xdegaye, 2012-05-14 15:36 review
Messages (2)
msg160629 - (view) Author: Xavier de Gaye (xdegaye) * (Python triager) Date: 2012-05-14 15:36
In the following test both breakpoints are set on the line of a
function definition. However pdb does not stop when entering foo whose
breakpoint has been set with 'break 1' while pdb stops when entering
bar whose breakpoint has been set with 'break bar'. The breakpoint
table display is identical for both breakpoints. This is inconsistent
and confusing.


===   main.py  ==================================
1  def foo():
2      pass
3
4  def bar():
5      pass
6
7  def main():
8      foo()
9      bar()
10
11  import pdb; pdb.runcall(main)
=================================================
$ python main.py
> /path_to/main.py(8)main()
-> foo()
(Pdb) break 1
Breakpoint 1 at /path_to/main.py:1
(Pdb) break bar
Breakpoint 2 at /path_to/main.py:4
(Pdb) break
Num Type         Disp Enb   Where
1   breakpoint   keep yes   at /path_to/main.py:1
2   breakpoint   keep yes   at /path_to/main.py:4
(Pdb) continue
> /path_to/main.py(5)bar()
-> pass
(Pdb) continue
$
=================================================


The reverse occurs in the following test where pdb stops only at the
execution of the function definition when the breakpoint has been set
with a line number.

===   main.py  ==================================
 1  x = 1
 2
 3  def foo():
 4      pass
 5
 6  def bar():
 7      pass
 8
 9  x = 2
=================================================
$ python -m pdb main.py
> /path_to/main.py(1)<module>()
-> x = 1
(Pdb) break 3
Breakpoint 1 at /path_to/main.py:3
(Pdb) break bar
Breakpoint 2 at /path_to/main.py:6
(Pdb) break 9
Breakpoint 3 at /path_to/main.py:9
(Pdb) break
Num Type         Disp Enb   Where
1   breakpoint   keep yes   at /path_to/main.py:3
2   breakpoint   keep yes   at /path_to/main.py:6
3   breakpoint   keep yes   at /path_to/main.py:9
(Pdb) continue
> /path_to/main.py(3)<module>()
-> def foo():
(Pdb) continue
> /path_to/main.py(9)<module>()
-> x = 2
(Pdb)
=================================================


The following patch fixes both inconsistencies by having pdb stop when
entering a function and at the execution of a definition whatever the
method used to set the breakpoint (line number or function name).

Two test cases are included in the patch.
msg161574 - (view) Author: Xavier de Gaye (xdegaye) * (Python triager) Date: 2012-05-25 11:56
Parsing the modules source seems a better way to fix this problem, see issue 14913.
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:57:30adminsetgithub: 59013
2012-05-25 11:56:43xdegayesetmessages: + msg161574
2012-05-18 18:10:37terry.reedysetnosy: + georg.brandl
2012-05-14 15:36:58xdegayecreate