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diff --git a/Doc/library/bdb.rst b/Doc/library/bdb.rst index 3e5fcd6..d6d4ae2 100644 --- a/Doc/library/bdb.rst +++ b/Doc/library/bdb.rst @@ -62,14 +62,22 @@ The :mod:`bdb` module also defines two classes: * The breakpoint hit count. -.. class:: Bdb() +.. class:: Bdb(skip=None) - The :class:`Bdb` acts as a generic Python debugger base class. + The :class:`Bdb` class acts as a generic Python debugger base class. This class takes care of the details of the trace facility; a derived class should implement user interaction. The standard debugger class (:class:`pdb.Pdb`) is an example. + The *skip* argument, if given, must be an iterable of glob-style + module name patterns. The debugger will not step into frames that + originate in a module that matches one of these patterns. Whether a + frame is considered to originate in a certain module is determined + by the ``__name__`` in the frame globals. + + .. versionadded:: 2.7 + The *skip* argument. The following methods of :class:`Bdb` normally don't need to be overridden. |