Trepan-Debuggers / Trepan-Debuggers/python3-trepan

"Weird termination bug" occurring inconsistently.

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Description

As I hinted at in https://github.com/rocky/python3-trepan/issues/22#issuecomment-1219634096, my use of breakpoint() to enter the debugger seems to be causing a strange error on termination. It seems similar to the issue fixed in 68474af585b7a1c4547ba912feb9c72cfb3cae42, as it points at a tracer.py line with inspect.currentframe with an AttributeError for that access. No such error appears if I debug using the trepan3k binary.

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Start by reviewing issue #22's referenced comment and commit 68474af585b7a1c4547ba912feb9c72cfb3cae42, then inspect the tracer.py path involving inspect.currentframe. Reproduce termination after entering the debugger with breakpoint(), compare it with the trepan3k binary, and consider the issue done when the intermittent AttributeError no longer occurs.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
devtools
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
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Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
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