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Expand Up @@ -601,9 +601,9 @@ On non-Windows platforms, you can use the ``-d`` option to ``dotest.py`` which
will cause the script to print out the pid of the test and wait for a while
until a debugger is attached. Then run ``lldb -p <pid>`` to attach.

To instead debug a test's python source, edit the test and insert
``import pdb; pdb.set_trace()`` at the point you want to start debugging. In
addition to pdb's debugging facilities, lldb commands can be executed with the
To instead debug a test's python source, edit the test and insert ``import pdb; pdb.set_trace()`` or ``breakpoint()`` (Python 3 only) at the point you want to start debugging. The ``breakpoint()`` command can be used for any LLDB Python script, not just for API tests.

In addition to pdb's debugging facilities, lldb commands can be executed with the
help of a pdb alias. For example ``lldb bt`` and ``lldb v some_var``. Add this
line to your ``~/.pdbrc``:

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