pytest-dev / pytest-dev/pytest-xdist
Support `--pdb` again when `--pdbcls` is also specified
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Description
This ties in with #863 - debugging isn't made impossible by xdist, it's just that default PDB doesn't work. Remote debuggers do, and it would be nice if
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--pdbresulted in an error (but also a nudge to use a remote debugger and specify it using--pdbcls) --pdbin combination with--pdbclsdid not result in an error anymore
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Start by tracing pytest-xdist's handling of the --pdb and --pdbcls command-line options, using issue #863 for context. Done means --pdb alone reports an error with guidance toward a remote debugger, while --pdb combined with --pdbcls is accepted.
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- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- cli, testing
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
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- Stale
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- 45/100