Can I put break points on background threads in Python?

Question

I\'m using the PyDev for Eclipse plugin, and I\'m trying to set a break point in some code that gets run in a background thread. The break point never gets hit even though t

Answer 1

On this question, I found a way to start the command-line debugger:

import pdb; pdb.set_trace()

It's not as easy to use as the Eclipse debugger, but it's better than nothing.