drop into python interpreter while executing function

Question

i have a python module with a function:

def do_stuff(param1 = \'a\'):
    if type(param1) == int:
        # enter python interpreter here
        do_somethin         


        

Answer 1

Inserting

import pdb; pdb.set_trace()

will enter the python debugger at that point

See here: http://docs.python.org/library/pdb.html