Patch #721464: pdb.Pdb instances can now be given explicit stdin and

stdout arguments, making it possible to redirect input and output
for remote debugging.

Lib/bdb.py

@@ -473,7 +473,9 @@ class Breakpoint:
     def disable(self):
         self.enabled = 0
 
-    def bpprint(self):
+    def bpprint(self, out=None):
+        if out is None:
+            out = sys.stdout
         if self.temporary:
             disp = 'del  '
         else:
@@ -482,17 +484,17 @@ class Breakpoint:
             disp = disp + 'yes  '
         else:
             disp = disp + 'no   '
-        print '%-4dbreakpoint   %s at %s:%d' % (self.number, disp,
-                             self.file, self.line)
+        print >>out, '%-4dbreakpoint   %s at %s:%d' % (self.number, disp,
+                                                       self.file, self.line)
         if self.cond:
-            print '\tstop only if %s' % (self.cond,)
+            print >>out, '\tstop only if %s' % (self.cond,)
         if self.ignore:
-            print '\tignore next %d hits' % (self.ignore)
+            print >>out, '\tignore next %d hits' % (self.ignore)
         if (self.hits):
             if (self.hits > 1): ss = 's'
             else: ss = ''
-            print ('\tbreakpoint already hit %d time%s' %
-                   (self.hits, ss))
+            print >>out, ('\tbreakpoint already hit %d time%s' %
+                          (self.hits, ss))
 
 # -----------end of Breakpoint class----------
 

Lib/doctest.py

@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ class _OutputRedirectingPdb(pdb.Pdb):
     """
     def __init__(self, out):
         self.__out = out
-        pdb.Pdb.__init__(self)
+        pdb.Pdb.__init__(self, stdout=out)
 
     def trace_dispatch(self, *args):
         # Redirect stdout to the given stream.

Misc/NEWS

@@ -96,6 +96,10 @@ Extension Modules
 Library
 -------
 
+- Patch #721464: pdb.Pdb instances can now be given explicit stdin and
+  stdout arguments, making it possible to redirect input and output
+  for remote debugging.
+
 - Patch #1484695: Update the tarfile module to version 0.8. This fixes
   a couple of issues, notably handling of long file names using the
   GNU LONGNAME extension.