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@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ Core and builtins Extension modules ----------------- +- New function sys.call_tracing() allows pdb to debug code + recursively. + - New function gc.get_referents(obj) returns a list of objects directly referenced by obj. In effect, it exposes what the object's tp_traverse slot does, and can be helpful when debugging memory @@ -86,6 +89,9 @@ Extension modules Library ------- +- pdb has a new command, "debug", which lets you step through + arbitrary code from the debugger's (pdb) prompt. + - unittest.failUnlessEqual and its equivalent unittest.assertEqual now return 'not a == b' rather than 'a != b'. This gives the desired result for classes that define __eq__ without defining __ne__. |