Starting python debugger automatically on error

Question

This is a question I have wondered about for quite some time, yet I have never found a suitable solution. If I run a script and I come across, let\'s say an IndexError, pyth

Answer 1

If you are using the IPython environment, you can just use the %debug and the shell will take you back to the offending line with the ipdb environment for inspections etc. Another option as pointed above is to use the iPython magic %pdb which effectively does the same.