Index: Lib/pdb.py =================================================================== --- Lib/pdb.py (Revision 74308) +++ Lib/pdb.py (Arbeitskopie) @@ -1211,7 +1211,8 @@ self.mainpyfile = self.canonic(filename) self._user_requested_quit = 0 with open(filename) as fp: - statement = "exec(%r)" % (fp.read(),) + statement = "exec(compile(%r, %r, 'exec'))" % \ + (fp.read(), self.mainpyfile) self.run(statement) # Simplified interface