gh-90095: Ignore empty lines and comments in `.pdbrc` (#116834)

4 files changed, 26 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/library/pdb.rst b/Doc/library/pdb.rst
index 1cfca0c..ac3007f 100644
--- a/Doc/library/pdb.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/pdb.rst
@@ -288,7 +288,8 @@ There are three preset *convenience variables*:
 
 If a file :file:`.pdbrc` exists in the user's home directory or in the current
 directory, it is read with ``'utf-8'`` encoding and executed as if it had been
-typed at the debugger prompt.  This is particularly useful for aliases.  If both
+typed at the debugger prompt, with the exception that empty lines and lines
+starting with ``#`` are ignored.  This is particularly useful for aliases.  If both
 files exist, the one in the home directory is read first and aliases defined there
 can be overridden by the local file.
 
diff --git a/Lib/pdb.py b/Lib/pdb.py
index f4d1938..88ea900 100755
--- a/Lib/pdb.py
+++ b/Lib/pdb.py
@@ -364,7 +364,10 @@ class Pdb(bdb.Bdb, cmd.Cmd):
             )
 
         if self.rcLines:
-            self.cmdqueue = self.rcLines
+            self.cmdqueue = [
+                line for line in self.rcLines
+                if line.strip() and not line.strip().startswith("#")
+            ]
             self.rcLines = []
 
     # Override Bdb methods
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pdb.py b/Lib/test/test_pdb.py
index 4472854..69691e9 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_pdb.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pdb.py
@@ -2933,8 +2933,27 @@ def bœr():
         """)
 
         stdout, stderr = self.run_pdb_script(script, 'q\n', pdbrc=pdbrc, remove_home=True)
+        self.assertNotIn("SyntaxError", stdout)
         self.assertIn("a+8=9", stdout)
 
+    def test_pdbrc_empty_line(self):
+        """Test that empty lines in .pdbrc are ignored."""
+
+        script = textwrap.dedent("""
+            a = 1
+            b = 2
+            c = 3
+        """)
+
+        pdbrc = textwrap.dedent("""
+            n
+
+        """)
+
+        stdout, stderr = self.run_pdb_script(script, 'q\n', pdbrc=pdbrc, remove_home=True)
+        self.assertIn("b = 2", stdout)
+        self.assertNotIn("c = 3", stdout)
+
     def test_pdbrc_alias(self):
         script = textwrap.dedent("""
             class A:
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-14-20-59-28.gh-issue-90095.7UaJ1U.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-14-20-59-28.gh-issue-90095.7UaJ1U.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b7024c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-14-20-59-28.gh-issue-90095.7UaJ1U.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Ignore empty lines and comments in ``.pdbrc``