i have a python module with a function:
def do_stuff(param1 = 'a'):
if type(param1) == int:
# enter python interpreter here
do_something()
else:
do_something_else()
is there a way to drop into the command line interpreter where i have the comment? so that if i run the following in python:
>>> import my_module
>>> do_stuff(1)
i get my next prompt in the scope and context of where i have the comment in do_stuff()?
If you want a standard interactive prompt (instead of the debugger, as shown by prestomation), you can do this:
import code
code.interact(local=locals())
See: the code module.
If you have IPython installed, and want an IPython shell instead, you can do this for IPython >= 0.11:
import IPython; IPython.embed()
or for older versions:
from IPython.Shell import IPShellEmbed
ipshell = IPShellEmbed()
ipshell(local_ns=locals())
Inserting
import pdb; pdb.set_trace()
will enter the python debugger at that point
See here: http://docs.python.org/library/pdb.html