From b5d793309e6c0752420f10081d1812bced53539b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Raymond Hettinger Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 02:04:56 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add entry for new pdb features --- Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst index 5ba8f24245..14937650a3 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst @@ -820,6 +820,21 @@ New, Improved, and Deprecated Modules srcdir = "C:\Python32" userbase = "C:\Documents and Settings\Raymond\Application Data\Python" +* The :mod:`pdb` debugger module gained a number of usability improvements: + + - :file:`pdb.py` now has a ``-c`` option that executes commands as given in a + :file:`.pdbrc` script file. + - A :file:`.pdbrc` script file can contain ``continue`` and ``next`` commands + that continue debugging. + - The :class:`Pdb` class constructor now accepts a *nosigint* argument. + - new commands: ``l(list)``, ``ll(long list`` and ``source`` for + listing source code. + - new commands: ``display`` and ``undisplay`` for showing or hiding + the value of an expression if it has changed. + - new command: ``interact`` for starting an interative interpreter containing + the global and local names found in the current scope. + - breakpoints can be cleared by breakpoint number + Multi-threading =============== -- 2.40.0