Allow decorator frames to be marked as skippable. When done so, by default pdb will step over those frames and directly into the decorated functions. >>> def helper_1(): ... print("don't step in me") ... ... ... def helper_2(): ... print("in me neither") ... One can define a decorator that wrap a function between the two helpers: >>> def pdb_skipped_decorator(function): ... ... ... def wrapped_fn(*args, **kwargs): ... __debuggerskip__ = True ... helper_1() ... __debuggerskip__ = False ... result = function(*args, **kwargs) ... __debuggerskip__ = True ... helper_2() ... return result ... ... return wrapped_fn When decorating a function, ipdb will directly step into ``bar()`` by default: >>> @foo_decorator ... def bar(x, y): ... return x * y You can toggle the behavior with ipdb> skip_predicates debuggerskip False or configure it in your ``.pdbrc``