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[John J. Lee]

Lupe <luis_ at iname.com> writes:

> I'm starting programming in python and I'd like to know how do you keep
> track of the value of the variables in your code when you're debbuging it.
> 
> example:
>  for a in [1,2,3,4,5]:
>         for b in [a,d,f,g,h,j]:
> 
> how do keep track of the values of a & b, going step by step, ie, line by
> line?  do you do it by hand?  Do you use any kind of debbuger like pdb?

print a
print b

:-)

You just don't get the same species of resilient cockroach-like bugs
that you do in, say, C or C++.  No compilation stage, no memory
allocation bugs, no hideous C++ complexity, so personally I find print
statements quite sufficient.  This is particularly useful thanks to
the consistent (ish) use of __repr__ and __str__ everywhere.  Other
people swear by pdb and various IDEs, though.


John