How do you see the return value from a function in the Python debugger, without an intermediate?

Question

PDB (and other Python debuggers) have a simple way of viewing the value of any current variable, just by typing it in. However, sometimes I work with libraries that don\'t store

Answer 1

You can look into a hidden __return__ local variable.

If I would forget it's exact name, I explore it by this:

(Pdb) sorted(locals().keys())
['__return__', 'xyz', ...]

EDIT: Related later answer with example of debugging with __return__