The reason you were finding a Python Debugger when looking for the PDB files is because PDB is Python DeBugger! Also why would you be looking for a PDB file if you can read the C source!
On Jan 22, 2008 11:55 PM, Wim Vander Schelden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Python modules and scripts are normally not even compiled, if they have > been, > its probably just the Python interpreter packaged with the scripts and > resources. > > My advice is that if you want to learn Python, is that you just read a book > about > it or read only resources. Learning Python from assembler is kind of... > strange. > > Not only are you skipping several generations of programming languages, > spanned > over a period of 40 years, but the approach to programming in Python is so > fundamentally different from assembler programming that there is simply no > reason > to start looking at if from this perspective. > > I truly hope you enjoy the world of high end programming languages, but > treat them > as such. Looking at them in a low-level representation or for a low-level > perspective > doesn't bear much fruits. > > Kind regards, > > Wim > > > > On 1/22/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My expertise, if any, is in assembler. I'm trying to understand Python > > scripts and modules by examining them after they have been > > disassembled in a Windows environment. > > > > I'm wondering if a Python symbols file is available. In the Windows > > environment, a symbol file normally has a PDB extension. It's a little > > unfortunate that Python also uses PDB for its debugger. Google, for > > whatever reason, wont accept queries with dots, hyphens, etc., in the > > query line. For example a Google for "python.pdb" returns +python > > +pdb, so I get a ridiculous number of returns referring to the python > > debugger. I have mentioned this to Google several times, but I guess > > logic isn't one of their strong points. :-) > > -- > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > > > > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- http://search.goldwatches.com/?Search=Movado+Watches http://www.jewelerslounge.com http://www.goldwatches.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
