Using sys.exit() in the debugger… here is a solution to the problem.
Using sys.exit() in the debugger
My program ended unexpectedly. When I run it via pdb, it starts with :
The program exited via sys.exit(). Exit status:
But there is no stack record in the instance it exits. I don’t know why this is happening. Missing step
and next
iterating through everything, is there a way to instruct pdb
to go into the debugger when trying this instead of obeying sys.exit()
?
Solution
A simple solution is to monkey patch sys.exit()
before running :
$ python -m pdb my_script.py
(Pdb) def no_exit(code): raise RuntimeError('halt')
(Pdb) import sys
(Pdb) sys.exit = no_exit
(Pdb) cont