debugger (T100)

Derived from the flake8-debugger linter.

What it does

Checks for the presence of debugger calls and imports.

Why is this bad?

Debugger calls and imports should be used for debugging purposes only. The presence of a debugger call or import in production code is likely a mistake and may cause unintended behavior, such as exposing sensitive information or causing the program to hang.

Instead, consider using a logging library to log information about the program's state, and writing tests to verify that the program behaves as expected.

Example

def foo():
    breakpoint()

References

• Python documentation: pdb — The Python Debugger
• Python documentation: logging — Logging facility for Python