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pdb's interact still uses a new namespace
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ncoghlan committed May 20, 2024
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.. pdbcommand:: interact

Start an interactive interpreter (using the :mod:`code` module) whose global
and local namespaces correspond to the global and local namespaces in the
Start an interactive interpreter (using the :mod:`code` module) in a new
global namespace initialised from the local and global namespaces for the
current scope. Use ``exit()`` or ``quit()`` to exit the interpreter and
return to the debugger.

.. note::

As ``interact`` creates a new dedicated namespace for code execution,
assignments to variables will not affect the original namespaces.
However, modifications to any referenced mutable objects will be reflected
in the original namespaces as usual.

.. versionadded:: 3.2

.. versionchanged:: 3.13
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:pdbcmd:`interact` directs its output to the debugger's
output channel rather than :data:`sys.stderr`.

.. versionchanged:: 3.13
The implementation of :pep:`667` means that name assignments made via the
interactive console will directly affect the active scope, even when
running inside a function, generator, or coroutine.

.. _debugger-aliases:

.. pdbcommand:: alias [name [command]]
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