Can I debug with python debugger when using py.test somehow?

Question

I am using py.test for unit testing my python program. I wish to debug my test code with the python debugger the normal way (by which I mean pdb.set_trace() in the code) but

Answer 1

I found that I can run py.test with capture disabled, then use pdb.set_trace() as usual.

> py.test --capture=no
============================= test session starts ==============================
platform linux2 -- Python 2.5.2 -- pytest-1.3.3
test path 1: project/lib/test/test_facet.py

project/lib/test/test_facet.py ...> /home/jaraco/projects/project/lib/functions.py(158)do_something()
-> code_about_to_run('')
(Pdb)