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[Documentation] How to use pdb++ with pytest?

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Is there a way to use pdb++ as debugger with pytest? E.g. to use it as replacement for plain command line option --pdb by adding the command line option --pdbcls=...?

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Created 5 years ago
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RonnyPfannschmidtcommented, Apr 19, 2018

just install it and it will be used (i implemented the support for that trick for wheel based installs in pdb++)

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RonnyPfannschmidtcommented, Apr 20, 2018

@blueyed currently i’m no longer working on pdb++ - it’s terminal ux library is unmaintained and i haven’t found another maintainer for that (pyrepl)

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