[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is there a way to temporarily halt execution of a script (without using > a debugger) and have it put you in an interactive session where you > have access to the locals? And possibly resume? For example: > > >>>>def a(): > > ... x = 1 > ... magic_breakpoint() > ... y = 1 > ... print "got here" > ... > >>>>a() > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<stdin>", line 1, in ? > File "<stdin>", line 3, in a > File "<stdin>", line 2, in magic_breakpoint > >>>>x > > 1 > >>>>y > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<stdin>", line 1, in ? > NameError: name 'y' is not defined > >>>>magic_resume() > > got here > >>>>x > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<stdin>", line 1, in ? > NameError: name 'x' is not defined >
you can use the standard-library code module for that: instead of magic_breakpoint() just call code.interact(local=locals()). The magic_resume() would be a regular Ctrl-D (or Ctrl-Z Enter under windows). You can also package this nicely into a convenient function, see for example the third example on the following page: http://effbot.org/librarybook/code.htm Cheers, Carl Friedrich Bolz -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
