Pydb

2006-02-28
* Fix bugs in configuration management. Make distcheck works again
(sometimes)

2006-02-27

* Add MAN page (from Debian)
* Bump revision to 0.12 to 1.13 to be compatible with Debian pydb package.
* Improve set_trace(), post_mortem(), and pm()
* Document alternative invocation methods and how to call from a program.
* Break out cmds and bdb overrides into a separate module
* add optional count on "where"
* install in our own directory (e.g. site-packages/pydb)
NOTE: REMOVE OLD PYDB INSTALLATIONS BEFORE INSTALLING THIS PYDB.
* As a result of the above add __init__.py to give package info.
* Don't rely on tabs settings. Remove all tabs in programs and use -t
to check that.
* Various bug fixes and documentation corrections

2006-02-21
* Add gdb commands:
- "cd" command
- "display", "undisplay"
- help subcommands for "show", "info", and "set"
- info: "display", "line" "source" and "program"
- "pwd" command
- "return" (early exit from a function)
- "shell" command
- Extend "info line" to allow a function name.

* Use inspect module. Argument parameters and values are now shown.

* Break out debugger into more files

* File location reporting changed. Is now like mdb, bashdb, or (or perldb)

* Changes to make more compatible with ddd.

* Doc fixes, add more GNU Emacs debugger commands

* "clear" command now accepts a function name

* Bugfixes:
- allow debugged program to mangle sys.argv (we save our own copy)

2006-01-29

* Add regression tests! As a result more of the debugger has been
tested and a number of bugs in pdb.py have been found and fixed.

* Add line tracing. Allow a delay in linetracing:
"set linetrace delay *float*" (delay is useful in front-end GUIs)

* Add debugger command options:
--batch - don't run interactive commands on shell stops
--trace (-x) - non-interactive line tracing a la POSIX shells
--output (-o) - redirect stdout to a file
--error - redirect stderr to a file
--command - run a debugger command script

* New debugger commands:
disassemble - disassemble python instructions
source - run a debugger script
set basename - show long/short filenames
set linetrace - line tracing
set linetrace delay - see above
set cmdtrace - show debugger script commands before running

* step/next can now take a count. E.g. step 2 or next 3.

* Show more accurate and useful location when we are stopped on an exec.

* Stack trace now reports exec positions a little bit better -
it doesn't call it a file.

* Emacs interface (pydb.el) updated for expanded commands

* set prompt allows embedded blanks and punctiation. Still have problems
with trailing blanks.

* show with no parameters is like gdb: shows all subcommands.

* Class name back to Pdb to make interaction with other programs like
ipython more transparent. The *module* name is Pydb, so one must either
"import pydb" or import "pdb" (stock debugger).

* Error message output made more uniform

* output routines can be subclassed

* Bugfixes:
- __file__ is set before debugging script. (Bug in 2.4.2 pdb.py)

2006-01-12

First release of extended python debugger.

* Add gdb frame command

* Add gdb run (restart) command

* Add some "set"/"show" commands:
args, listsize, version (no set here), dialect

* up/down can take a number of frames to move.

* Stepping skips over "def" statements.

* Document retval

* Add info commands ("args", "break", "line', "locals" and "source")

* Add examine command analogous to Perl's.

* up/down work like gdb's (when gdb dialect is in effect).
Can supply an optional number of frames to go up/down.

* step/next skip over "def" commands.