[Python-checkins] cpython: whatsnew: pdb works for debugging asyncio programs (#16596).

Mon Mar 10 02:35:06 CET 2014

http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/5c6c96c82afb
changeset: 89542:5c6c96c82afb
user: R David Murray <rdmurray at bitdance.com>
date: Sun Mar 09 19:40:30 2014 -0400
summary:
 whatsnew: pdb works for debugging asyncio programs (#16596).
files:
 Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst | 5 +++++
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
@@ -1066,6 +1066,11 @@
 pdb
 ---
 
+:mod:`pdb` has been enhanced to handle generators, :keyword:`yield`, and
+:keyword:`yield from` in a more useful fashion. This is especially helpful when
+debugging :mod:`asyncio` based programs. (Contributed by Andrew Svetlov and
+Xavier de Gaye in :issue:`16596`.)
+
 The ``print`` command has been removed from :mod:`pdb`, restoring access to the
 Python :func:`print` function from the pdb command line. Python2's ``pdb`` did
 not have a ``print`` command; instead, entering ``print`` executed the
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Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/cpython
