bpo-36277: Add document for pdb debug and retval commands (GH-12872)
https://bugs.python.org/issue36277
Automerge-Triggered-By: @csabella
(cherry picked from commit 9391f6c3ef24f7962c534c42ccb792debdbef509)
Co-authored-by: Dave Nguyen <dv@dvnguyen.com>
diff --git a/Doc/library/pdb.rst b/Doc/library/pdb.rst
index f26b6a8..5ee7faa 100644
--- a/Doc/library/pdb.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/pdb.rst
@@ -531,6 +531,14 @@
Quit from the debugger. The program being executed is aborted.
+.. pdbcommand:: debug code
+
+ Enter a recursive debugger that steps through the code
+ argument (which is an arbitrary expression or statement to be
+ executed in the current environment).
+
+.. pdbcommand:: retval
+ Print the return value for the last return of a function.
.. rubric:: Footnotes