[Python-Dev] pdb: should next command be extended?

[Ilya Sandler]

> At OSCON, Anthony Baxter made the point that pdb is currently one of the
> more unPythonic modules.

What is unpythonic about pdb? Is this part of Anthony's presentation
online? (Google found a summary and slides from presentation but they
don't say anything about pdb's deficiencies)

Ilya

On Mon, 8 Aug 2005, Aahz wrote:

> On Sun, Aug 07, 2005, Ilya Sandler wrote:
> >
> > Solution:
> >
> > Should pdb's next command accept an optional numeric argument? It would
> > specify how many actual lines of code (not "line events")
> > should  be skipped in the current frame before stopping,
>
> At OSCON, Anthony Baxter made the point that pdb is currently one of the
> more unPythonic modules.  If you're feeling a lot of energy about this,
> rewriting pdb might be more productive.
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