bazel-contrib / bazel-contrib/rules_python
Exec py_test targets in a way that would work with --run_under=lldb
- Dominant language
- Starlark
- Stars
- 688
- Forks
- 721
- Avg merge
- 15h 7m
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 76
Description
# 🚀 feature request
### Description
When you're debugging python targets that load python C extensions, it can be useful in general to run something like `lldb -- python3 -m pytest path/to/tests`. In bazel I would envision this as `bazel test --run_under=lldb :tests`, but this doesn't work currently since py_test execs a script with a shebang. I think in theory if py_test ran the equivalent of `python3 path/to/script` it could "just work" but I'm not sure.
### Describe alternatives you've considered
You can try to catch the process by launching the debugger elsewhere like `lldb --wait-for -n python3.11`, but this is a bit fragile since you could catch the wrong process
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start at the py_test execution path and trace how `bazel test --run_under=lldb :tests` invokes the generated test script. Compare the current shebang-based execution with the requested `python3 path/to/script` behavior, then verify that a Python C-extension test starts under LLDB while ordinary py_test execution remains unchanged.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- build-system, testing
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100