Icecream: Never use print() to debug again in Python
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Re: Icecream: Never use print() to debug again in Python
#2Pretty neat. Seems better than print.
Re: Icecream: Never use print() to debug again in Python
#3Nice. Right now I’m using the following:
print(f’{foo(123)=}’)
Which prints: foo(123)=‘result’
Re: Icecream: Never use print() to debug again in Python
#4I am always going to use print to debug in every programming language I can until the day I die.
Re: Icecream: Never use print() to debug again in Python
#5You can do the same thing with Python 3.8+ by using f-strings and just appending "=" to the variable name:
>>> print(f"{d['key'][1]=}")
d['key'][1]='one'Re: Icecream: Never use print() to debug again in Python
#6I am sorry, but I am not going to pull in an external dependency just for this, especially not with the power of fstrings in newer python versions.
Re: Icecream: Never use print() to debug again in Python
#7I am always going to use print to debug in every programming language I can until the day I die.
I have found that print-style debugging gives a good birds-eye view of the situation.
With a stepping debugger, I tend to get lost in the weeds. My suspicion is that the bug fixes I come up with are less holistic when using a debugger.
Re: Icecream: Never use print() to debug again in Python
#8For an even easier-to-remember alternative, there’s q: https://github.com/zestyping/q
All you need is `import q`. q works like a function (q(x)), like a variable (q|x and q/x, so you get different operator precedences) and like a decorator (@q), so it can be used in practically any circumstance for a quick debug print. Plus, the name sounds like you’re interrogating something.
Re: Icecream: Never use print() to debug again in Python
#9I am always going to use print to debug in every programming language I can until the day I die.
Actually rust has the functionality of Icecream as a buildin command "dgb" and you quickly find yourself using it over print
Re: Icecream: Never use print() to debug again in Python
#10You can do the same thing with Python 3.8+ by using f-strings and just appending "=" to the variable name: >>> print(f"{d['key'][1]=}") d['key'][1]='one'
WHAT... Why ain't anybody talking about this? Brilliant!