> -----Original Message----- > From: Cameron Simpson <c...@cskk.id.au> > Sent: Tuesday, June 1, 2021 7:32 PM > To: python-list@python.org > Subject: Re: How to debug python + curses? [was: RE: Applying winpdb_reborn] > > On 01Jun2021 19:48, Alan Gauld <alan.ga...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > >On 31/05/2021 16:16, Grant Edwards wrote: > >> On 2021-05-30, Alan Gauld via Python-list <python-list@python.org> wrote: > >>> You are not alone. debugging curses is one of the biggest obstacles > >>> to its use. > >> > >> Can't you just run the debugger in a different window and attach to > >> the process you want to debug? That's how one uses a debugger with > >> curses apps written in C/C++. > > > >That's how we did it when I used curses on VMS/Unix using C. > > That's ok for C-level things - they're close to the metal. But this is Python, so > such tools may well be poorly adapted. > > >But I confess I didn't think you could attach any python debugger to > >another python session? > > Dennis Lee Bieber wrote earlier in this thread: <Snipped> > So it sounds like someone's done the hard work here. I can imagine it embeds a > Python proxy in the app which can be remote controlled from the debugger > client, but I'm just guessing wildly.
If winpdb_reborn worked, that would be true. The original thread did also discuss how often it did not work. Peter -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
