From 0b9c9ae94513c09896741d294713aa18ef094e29 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hugo van Kemenade Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2022 19:17:09 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] bpo-28546: Clarify setting pdb breakpoints Co-authored-by: Ian Kelling --- Doc/library/pdb.rst | 9 ++++----- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/pdb.rst b/Doc/library/pdb.rst index 6d1dba1bf2eb01e..ca59576336bf8a2 100644 --- a/Doc/library/pdb.rst +++ b/Doc/library/pdb.rst @@ -67,14 +67,13 @@ useful than quitting the debugger upon program's exit. before the first line of the module. -The typical usage to break into the debugger from a running program is to -insert :: +The typical usage to break into the debugger is to insert:: import pdb; pdb.set_trace() -at the location you want to break into the debugger. You can then step through -the code following this statement, and continue running without the debugger -using the :pdbcmd:`continue` command. +at the location you want to break into the debugger, and then run the program. +You can then step through the code following this statement, and continue +running without the debugger using the :pdbcmd:`continue` command. .. versionadded:: 3.7 The built-in :func:`breakpoint()`, when called with defaults, can be used