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sys.argv when using the debugger
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Is it possible to debug a program that requires command line arguments via sys.argv? This behaves differently when launched via Run vs Debug (after setting a breakpoint) and the command line arguments, when specified, are lost.
Import sys Print(sys.argv) -
I count this as a bug -- the debugger says the main script is pythonista_debugger with your script as the args, rather than honoring your args.
A workaround is to use run instead of debug: set your first breakpoint (either at prigram start, or where you know you want to poke around) using
import debugger debugger.set_trace()At that point breakpoints work normally.
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Thanks for sharing this JonB. This technique looks handy. I will give this a try.
