Re: who turned on Pdb?

Guido.van.Rossum@cwi.nl
Mon, 04 Jul 1994 10:15:39 +0200

> I have never in my life attempted to use Pdb, nor have I
> consciously participated in making it an active part of my Python
> system. SO how come evey time I get a crazy Python error this thing
> kicks in? And how do I make it stop?!?!?

This is a Tkinter feature: if your callback function hits an
exception, you are dropped into pdb. Type 'w' to see a stack trace,
'l' to list the code around the error, 'q' to quit pwd.

Maybe someone can write a Tk-based interface to Pdb? (There is
already a stdwin-based interface, wdb.)

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