debugging python scripts

[iinjdpa]

Hello, I am a beginner with Python and I don't know how to debug in Golly. I try to use pdb and pdb.set_trace() but it seems not to work.

[Andrew]

I don't think it makes sense to use pdb with Golly because you won't be able to enter any pdb commands (you don't have access to a command line). If you want to see a call trace at a particular point in your script code, insert a line like this:

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raise RuntimeError("foo")

If you want to see the traceback info without exiting the script then do this instead:

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try:
   raise RuntimeError("foo")
except:
   import sys
   import traceback
   exception, msg, tb = sys.exc_info()
   golly.note('\n'.join(traceback.format_exception(exception, msg, tb)))