[thurn]

> If you're debugging at the interactive prompt consider debugging with a small script instead.

I don't understand this suggestion. The ability to interact with my code via the REPL is a very important python feature for me, is the author suggesting I abandon that?

[abstractbill]

I think the author is just saying if you're debugging something in a REPL and you're finding you need to reload() frequently, then you might want to consider switching to debugging with a small script instead (and of course there's no reason the script couldn't just import the things you're debugging, and then dump you into a REPL).

[sitkack]

You mean like when I debug a script as

    ipython>import foo as t
    ipython>t.test(10,20)
    ipython>reload t

Roughly 2/3rds of this guy's rant is off base. Maybe if he had flushed out his arguments with citations, but seriously. It is all opinion.

Reasoning with opinion is dumb.

[dboat]

You did the same thing. What's so bad about reasoning with opinion?

[sitkack]

You just got stabbed by an ironicaltite

[webexcess]

You can use python -i to enter interactive mode after executing a script. Maybe I should clarify that part

[kkolev]

Ooh, dunno why I thought that wasn't supported in IPython too before, but it is. Lovely.