[Python-Dev] pdb mini-sprint report and questions (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Sat Jul 31 01:14:47 CEST 2010

On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 4:07 PM, Georg Brandl <g.brandl at gmx.net> wrote:

Am 31.07.2010 01:01, schrieb Guido van Rossum:

Warning: 'p' is not the same as 'print'. 'p' is a built-in command that prints the expression's repr(). 'print' OTOH falls back through the interpreter and executes a print statement or function, which prints the str(). Not in py3k -- 'print' is an alias for 'p' there, otherwise 'print x' would be a syntax error.

Ah, ok, even better.

For me personally, the problem this feature tries to address is never a problem (of course I am probably unique as far as pdb users go :-) so I'd like a way to turn it off.

Also, are there any other features you would like to see?  One feature of pdb++ that is general enough and has no dependencies would be watch expressions... Cool. I take it you'd like to see them? ;)

Sorry, yes, I meant that as a "kewl" cool, not "lukewarm" cool. IOW +1, not +0. :)

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