unittest needs a way to launch pdb.post_mortem or other debug hooks

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
20/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
testing-qa

Research direction

Start by reviewing the issue discussion and PR gh-99169, which is referenced in the issue body. Determine the intended unittest interface for launching pdb.post_mortem or other debug hooks, and confirm that the finished change is covered by appropriate tests.

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Description

3.8 (EOL) easy stdlib type-feature
BPO 18765
Nosy @terryjreedy, @gpshead, @voidspace, @Windsooon, @remilapeyre, @benedwards14, @Dominik1123

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GitHub fields:

assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2013-08-16.23:45:52.622>
labels = ['easy', '3.8', 'type-feature', 'library']
title = 'unittest needs a way to launch pdb.post_mortem or other debug hooks'
updated_at = <Date 2021-05-19.22:57:42.838>
user = 'https://github.com/gpshead'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2021-05-19.22:57:42.838>
actor = 'Dominik V.'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Library (Lib)']
creation = <Date 2013-08-16.23:45:52.622>
creator = 'gregory.p.smith'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 18765
keywords = ['easy']
message_count = 10.0
messages = ['195444', '195519', '334851', '334868', '341846', '341859', '355474', '367872', '367873', '393984']
nosy_count = 7.0
nosy_names = ['terry.reedy', 'gregory.p.smith', 'michael.foord', 'Windson Yang', 'remi.lapeyre', 'benedwards14', 'Dominik V.']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = 'needs patch'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue18765'
versions = ['Python 3.8']

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