Re: Seeing Variables

On 6/12/25 02:59, Stefan Ram wrote:
> [email protected] (Stefan Ram) wrote or quoted:
>> But how to achieve the same for local variables?
> 
> import pdb
> 
> def f():
>      a = 1
>      pdb.set_trace()
> 
> f()
> 
>    . Now, the program stops there and you can enter:
> 
> print( a )    (user input)
> 1             (system output)
> 
>    . However, it's a bit more difficult than it could be -
>    especially for beginners - due to the cryptic names chosen!
>    One could more easily remember something like:
> 
> import debug
> 
> def f():
>      a = 1
>      debug.stop()
> 
> f()
> 
>    . When a method is named "set_trace", some people might think
>    its purpose is to set a property called "trace". Moreover, it's
>    not obvious how invoking an interactive debug session should bring
>    up the idea of "setting a trace", what does that even mean??
Just use the synonym:  breakpoint()

That should be pretty clear (a moderatly recent addition - Python 3.7 I 
think, so about seven years - may not be in every tutorial).