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

The easiest way is using the py.test mechanism to create breakpoint

http://pytest.org/latest/usage.html#setting-a-breakpoint-aka-set-trace

import pytest
def test_function():
    ...
    pytest.set_trace()    # invoke PDB debugger and tracing

Or if you want pytest's debugger as a one-liner, change your import pdb; pdb.set_trace() into import pytest; pytest.set_trace()