eric4.DebugClients.Python.DebugThread

Module implementing the debug thread.

Global Attributes

None

Classes

DebugThread Class implementing a debug thread.

Functions

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DebugThread

Class implementing a debug thread.

It represents a thread in the python interpreter that we are tracing.

Provides simple wrapper methods around bdb for the 'owning' client to call to step etc.

Derived from

DebugBase

Class Attributes

None

Methods

DebugThread Constructor
bootstrap Private method to bootstrap the thread.
get_ident Public method to return the id of this thread.
get_name Public method to return the name of this thread.
set_ident Public method to set the id for this thread.
traceThread Private method to setup tracing for this thread.
trace_dispatch Private method wrapping the trace_dispatch of bdb.py.

DebugThread (Constructor)

DebugThread(dbgClient, targ = None, args = None, kwargs = None, mainThread = 0)

Constructor

dbgClient
the owning client
targ
the target method in the run thread
args
arguments to be passed to the thread
kwargs
arguments to be passed to the thread
mainThread
0 if this thread is not the mainscripts thread

DebugThread.bootstrap

bootstrap()

Private method to bootstrap the thread.

It wraps the call to the user function to enable tracing before hand.

DebugThread.get_ident

get_ident()

Public method to return the id of this thread.

Returns:
the id of this thread (int)

DebugThread.get_name

get_name()

Public method to return the name of this thread.

Returns:
name of this thread (string)

DebugThread.set_ident

set_ident(id)

Public method to set the id for this thread.

id
id for this thread (int)

DebugThread.traceThread

traceThread()

Private method to setup tracing for this thread.

DebugThread.trace_dispatch

trace_dispatch(frame, event, arg)

Private method wrapping the trace_dispatch of bdb.py.

It wraps the call to dispatch tracing into bdb to make sure we have locked the client to prevent multiple threads from entering the client event loop.

frame
The current stack frame.
event
The trace event (string)
arg
The arguments
Returns:
local trace function
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