Interrupt (pause) running Python program in pdb?

Question

In gdb, you can interrupt(pause) the program by C-c and resume.

Can you do this in pdb?

Answer 1

Based on this bug report it might be fixed in Python 3.

In 2.x Ctrl-C will throw a KeyboardInterrupt, which is typically unhandled by the program, and will put the debugger into 'post-mortem' mode. You cannot continue where you left off.

I don't know if there's some other way to do what you are describing.

Answer 2

No, python2's pdb doesn't support this, but you add this code to your program as a workaround:

def debug_signal_handler(signal, frame):
    import pdb
    pdb.set_trace()
import signal
signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, debug_signal_handler)

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