Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 553

2017-10-04 Thread Yarko Tymciurak
Barry suggested I bring this up here. It seems the right time to at least discuss this: RE: PEP 553 enabling / disabling breakpoints --- I've recently started using a simple conditional breakpoint in ipython, and wonder if - in addition to Nick Coghlan's request for the env 'PYTHONBREAKPOINT'

Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 553

2017-10-04 Thread Yarko Tymciurak
On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 7:50 PM, Barry Warsaw wrote: > On Oct 4, 2017, at 20:22, Yarko Tymciurak wrote: > > > I've recently started using a simple conditional breakpoint in ipython, > and wonder if - in addition to Nick Coghlan's request for the env > 'PYTHON

Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 553

2017-10-06 Thread Yarko Tymciurak
apologies - I didn't "reply all" to this. For the record: I made an argument (in reply) about interactive tinkering, and setting "condition", and Guido replied essentially that "if condition: breakpoint()" is just as good for tinkering... a condition parameter to debuggers is not useful, and not a