From 3ad65eb369cd8aa05c17a85e761fe8ab54558295 2016-09-19 17:37:08
From: Fernando Perez <fperez.net@gmail.com>
Date: 2016-09-19 17:37:08
Subject: [PATCH] Merge pull request #9950 from mbyt/enable_quit_for_debugging_with_minus_m_IPython.terminal.debugger

Enable quitting for -m IPython.terminal.debugger, which would otherwise unconditionally trap all attempts at exiting.
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diff --git a/IPython/terminal/debugger.py b/IPython/terminal/debugger.py
index 821a45b..e7bd135 100644
--- a/IPython/terminal/debugger.py
+++ b/IPython/terminal/debugger.py
@@ -86,5 +86,11 @@ def set_trace(frame=None):
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     import pdb
+    # IPython.core.debugger.Pdb.trace_dispatch shall not catch
+    # bdb.BdbQuit. When started through __main__ and an exception
+    # happened after hitting "c", this is needed in order to
+    # be able to quit the debugging session (see #9950).
+    old_trace_dispatch = pdb.Pdb.trace_dispatch
     pdb.Pdb = TerminalPdb
+    pdb.Pdb.trace_dispatch = old_trace_dispatch
     pdb.main()