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 Yes.
 
+Several debuggers for Python are described below, and the built-in function
+:func:`breakpoint` allows you to drop into any of them.
+
 The pdb module is a simple but adequate console-mode debugger for Python. It is
 part of the standard Python library, and is :mod:`documented in the Library
 Reference Manual <pdb>`. You can also write your own debugger by using the code