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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst index ed4ea17..373f8de 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst @@ -302,6 +302,22 @@ descriptors or a Windows handle: * :func:`os.get_handle_inheritable`, :func:`os.set_handle_inheritable` +pdb +--- + +The ``print`` command has been removed from :mod:`pdb`, restoring access to the +``print`` function. + +Rationale: Python2's ``pdb`` did not have a ``print`` command; instead, +entering ``print`` executed the ``print`` statement. In Python3 ``print`` was +mistakenly made an alias for the pdb :pdbcmd:`p` command. ``p``, however, +prints the ``repr`` of its argument, not the ``str`` like the Python2 ``print`` +command did. Worse, the Python3 ``pdb print`` command shadowed the Python3 +``print`` function, making it inaccessible at the ``pdb`` prompt. + +(Contributed by Connor Osborn in :issue:`18764`.) + + poplib ------ |