gh-100141: Allow pdb to deal with empty file (#125425)

3 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/pdb.py b/Lib/pdb.py
index d9aed24..2b36b1e 100644
--- a/Lib/pdb.py
+++ b/Lib/pdb.py
@@ -429,8 +429,7 @@ class Pdb(bdb.Bdb, cmd.Cmd):
     def user_line(self, frame):
         """This function is called when we stop or break at this line."""
         if self._wait_for_mainpyfile:
-            if (self.mainpyfile != self.canonic(frame.f_code.co_filename)
-                or frame.f_lineno <= 0):
+            if (self.mainpyfile != self.canonic(frame.f_code.co_filename)):
                 return
             self._wait_for_mainpyfile = False
         self.bp_commands(frame)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pdb.py b/Lib/test/test_pdb.py
index 3dc65fd..474d31f 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_pdb.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pdb.py
@@ -3999,6 +3999,16 @@ def bœr():
         # verify that pdb found the source of the "frozen" function
         self.assertIn('x = "Sentinel string for gh-93696"', stdout, "Sentinel statement not found")
 
+    def test_empty_file(self):
+        script = ''
+        commands = 'q\n'
+        # We check that pdb stopped at line 0, but anything reasonable
+        # is acceptable here, as long as it does not halt
+        stdout, _ = self.run_pdb_script(script, commands)
+        self.assertIn('main.py(0)', stdout)
+        stdout, _ = self.run_pdb_module(script, commands)
+        self.assertIn('__main__.py(0)', stdout)
+
     def test_non_utf8_encoding(self):
         script_dir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'encoded_modules')
         for filename in os.listdir(script_dir):
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-10-14-02-27-03.gh-issue-100141.NuAcwa.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-10-14-02-27-03.gh-issue-100141.NuAcwa.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c366b0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-10-14-02-27-03.gh-issue-100141.NuAcwa.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixed the bug where :mod:`pdb` will be stuck in an infinite loop when debugging an empty file.