Wing Python IDE

This Wing Tip describes how to move the program counter while debugging Python code in Wing Personal and Wing Pro. This is a good way to go back and re-execute previously visited Python code, in order to trace through to the cause of a bug without having to restart the debug process.

To move the program counter, the debugger must be running and paused or stopped at a breakpoint. Then right-click on the target line in the editor and select Move Program Counter Here:

Shown above: Right-click to select Move Program Counter Here, then continue stepping with Step Over and Step Into in the toolbar.

Limitations: Due to the way Python is implemented, the program counter can only be moved within the current inner-most stack frame and it may not be moved within an exception handler, after an exception has been raised but not yet handled.

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