stop script w/o exiting interpreter

[Alan Isaac]

I'm fairly new to Python and I've lately been running a script at
the interpreter while working on it. Sometimes I only want to
run the first quarter or half etc. What is the "good" way to do this?

Possible ugly hacks include:

- stick an undefined name at the desired stop point
- comment out the last half

I do not like these and assume that I have overlooked the obvious.

Thanks,
Alan Isaac

[Paul Rubin]

"Alan Isaac" <ai****@america n.eduwrites:

I'm fairly new to Python and I've lately been running a script at
the interpreter while working on it. Sometimes I only want to
run the first quarter or half etc. What is the "good" way to do this?

If it's single threaded then just call sys.exit(). If you don't know
what single threaded means, your program is definitely single threaded.

[Miki]

Hello Alan,

I'm fairly new to Python and I've lately been running a script at
the interpreter while working on it. Sometimes I only want to
run the first quarter or half etc. What is the "good" way to do this?

If you want to exit from the program then "raise SystemExit" is what
you want.
If you want to enter the debugger, you can do:

from pdb import set_trace

....
set_trace() # Stop and execute debugger here.
....

HTH,
--
Miki
http://pythonwise.blogspot.com

[Bruno Desthuilliers]

Alan Isaac a écrit :

I'm fairly new to Python and I've lately been running a script at
the interpreter while working on it. Sometimes I only want to
run the first quarter or half etc. What is the "good" way to do this?

If the point is to debug your script, then import pdb; pdb.set_trace()

Possible ugly hacks include:

- stick an undefined name at the desired stop point
- comment out the last half

I do not like these and assume that I have overlooked the obvious.

If you have much of your code in functions/classes etc, and the bare
minimum[1] at the top level, then you can launch a Python shell, import
your module, and test functions as you wish...

[1]:

import XXX
import YYY

# lots of functions/classes etc

def main(argv):
# what would have been at the top level

if __name__ == __main__:
import sys
sys.exit(main(s ys.argv))

[Colin J. Williams]

Alan Isaac wrote:

I'm fairly new to Python and I've lately been running a script at
the interpreter while working on it. Sometimes I only want to
run the first quarter or half etc. What is the "good" way to do this?

Possible ugly hacks include:

- stick an undefined name at the desired stop point
- comment out the last half

I do not like these and assume that I have overlooked the obvious.

Thanks,
Alan Isaac

Alan,

If you are using Windows, you might consider PyScripter.
http://mmm-experts.com/Products.aspx?ProductId=4

Colin W.

[Alan Isaac]

Please note that this post has subject
"stop script w/o exiting interpreter".

The object is to work at the *interactive* interpreter,
without leaving it.

Here is an example goal:
start a Python shell,
execfile a script,
exit the script at line 25,
and return to the Python shell.

E.g., some languages include a ``stop`` statement that you can put on line
25.
Ideally, I would like the equivalent of this.

Solutions suggested in this thread included:
- raise SystemExit
but this will exit the interpreter
- sys.exit()
but this will exit the interpreter
- use pdb's set_trace()
but I think that answers a different question.
(However it does work to raise BdbQuit, but I'd like something less
messy.)
- wrap all code in functions and test the functions
but this does not apply to my current use case
- use PyScripter
but this is overkill for my very simple goal

Note that I can just put the undefined name ``stop`` on any line
I want, and the script will stop execucting at that line and will
return to the interactive interpreter, as I wish. It is just that it
returns with an error message, and I'd like to avoid that.

Thanks,
Alan Isaac

[Gabriel Genellina]

"Alan Isaac" <ai****@america n.eduescribió en el mensaje
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Please note that this post has subject
"stop script w/o exiting interpreter".
Note that I can just put the undefined name ``stop`` on any line
I want, and the script will stop execucting at that line and will
return to the interactive interpreter, as I wish. It is just that it
returns with an error message, and I'd like to avoid that.

If this is just for playing inside the interpreter, just ignore the
exception.
Or comment out all lines from 25 to end of script, some editors (including
IDLE) have support for that.
Or use a giant """
string
""" if you can.
If you invoke your script with `python -i your_script.py` Python will show
the interpreter prompt when your script finishes (either normally or raising
an exception).

--
Gabriel Genellina