Is there a way of using breakpoints in python?

Question

Hello all,

I am just wondering if there is a way to add breakpoints in IDLE so that I can stop at a point in my script and write other lines in the idle shell for testing. If not, is there other software that can do this?

Answer 1

http://docs.python.org/library/pdb.html

Answer 2

you can add the line

import pdb; pdb.set_trace()

anywhere in your code, when reached it will drop you into a debug shell. so useful i have an emacs shortcut to add the snippet.

you may also want to look at ipdb, and use

import ipdb; ipdb.set_trace()

instead

Answer 3

If you are running Windows, you might look at PyScripter if you want a development environment with more features than IDLE.