Can I put a breakpoint in a running Python program that drops to the interactive terminal?

Question

I\'m not sure if what I\'m asking is possible at all, but since python is an interpreter it might be. I\'m trying to make changes in an open-source project but because there

Answer 1

You can run the program using pdb, and add breakpoints before starting execution.

In reality though, it's usually just as fast to edit the code and put in the set_trace() call, as another user stated.