[IPython-dev] Python variables obscur ipdb commands

[Fangohr H.]

I have run into exactly the same problem. It is a difficult call what is better but it is upsetting when 'n' is not moving onto the next statement but prints a value.

I'd support deactivating this convenience feature. Or maybe it should not work for variable names that shadow debugger commands? Maybe that is an inoffensive compromise?

Best wishes

Hans

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On 25 Oct 2016, at 21:20, Thomas Kluyver <takowl at gmail.com<mailto:takowl at gmail.com>> wrote:

On 25 October 2016 at 18:25, Kossak <sburczymuch+ipython at gmail.com<mailto:sburczymuch+ipython at gmail.com>> wrote:
Is this a bug that python variables obscur ipdb commands? I can't use "n" nor "next" (they return variable value) when there are variables with the same name in the code being debugged. Details are here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/40224066/ipdb-commands-obscured-by-variables

It's a feature that was added recently, though I can imagine it may be annoying. Here's the PR that added it:
https://github.com/ipython/ipython/pull/9449

Feel free to open an issue asking that it be removed again. I don't have any strong feelings one way or the other, as I don't use the debugger much.

Thomas
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