Question

we´re having python source code stored in a sql database, the code is build together to a virtual python module and can be executed.
We want to debug this modules but then of course the Eclipse debugger host doesnt know where to find the source code for these modules.

Is there a way to provide pydevd with the location of the source code, even if that means to write down the files to disk?

Answer 1

Write it to the disk and when doing the compile pass the filename for the code (and, when you’re not in debug mode, just don’t write it and pass '<string>' as the filename).

See the example below:

from tempfile import mktemp

my_code = '''
a = 10
print a
'''

tmp_filename = mktemp('.py', 'temp_file_')
with open(tmp_filename, 'w') as f:
    f.write(my_code)
obj = compile(my_code, tmp_filename, 'exec')
exec obj #Place breakpoint here: when stepping in it should get to the code.