[issue23163] pdb docs need to contain a statement on threads/multithreaded debugging

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[issue23163] pdb docs need to contain a statement on threads/multithreaded debugging

Pablo Galindo Salgado added the comment: See also https://bugs.python.org/issue41571 -- nosy: +pablogsal ___ Python tracker ___

[issue23163] pdb docs need to contain a statement on threads/multithreaded debugging

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Attila-Mihaly Balazs added the comment: Absolutely this. While it is good that there is at least some documentation (at sys.settrace), it is not very explicit nor is it self evident that one should look there (for example the PDB docs don't even mention settrace). -- nosy:

[issue23163] pdb docs need to contain a statement on threads/multithreaded debugging

Karl Richter added the comment: Sorry, I mean #!/usr/bin/python import threading def debugging(): def __a_thread__(): print(2) a_thread = threading.Thread(target=__a_thread__) a_thread.start() a_thread.join() print(1) if

[issue23163] pdb docs need to contain a statement on threads/multithreaded debugging

Karl Richter added the comment: My initial description was imprecise. Clearification: The fact that in #!/usr/bin/python import threading def debugging(): def __a_thread__(): print(2) a_thread = threading.Thread(target=__a_thread__) print(1)

[issue23163] pdb docs need to contain a statement on threads/multithreaded debugging

Xavier de Gaye added the comment: pdb does not ignore breakpoints which are set and hit in a non-main thread. For example with the attached script: $ python pdb_thread.py pdb_thread.py(5)foo() - lineno = 5 (Pdb) break 6 Breakpoint 1 at pdb_thread.py:6 (Pdb) continue pdb_thread.py(6)foo() -

[issue23163] pdb docs need to contain a statement on threads/multithreaded debugging

Xavier de Gaye added the comment: The pdb documentation could make an explicit reference to the documentation of sys.settrace() where it is explained that the function is thread specific. -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org

[issue23163] pdb docs need to contain a statement on threads/multithreaded debugging

New submission from Karl Richter: Due to the fact that `pdb` currently simply ignores breakpoints which are set and hit in another than the main thread the docs need to contain a statement on behavior in a multithreaded environment. -- components: Library (Lib) messages: 233409 nosy:

[issue23163] pdb docs need to contain a statement on threads/multithreaded debugging

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