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 "Python 3.12's new monitoring and debugging API" ( 2024 )

Sunday at 15:30, 25 minutes, UD2.218A, UD2.218A, Python Devroom devroom Johannes Bechberger , slides , video

Python 3.12 introduced a new low impact monitoring API with PEP669 which can be used to implement far faster debuggers than ever before. This talk will give you an introduction to the new API and show you how it can be used to write a simple debugger from scratch.

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