Python:sys

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settrace

Setting the system's trace function lets you implement a Python source code debugger in Python. The function is thread-specific; for a debugger to support multiple threads, it must register using settrace() for each thread being debugged.

gettrace

• Stackoverflow - Check if program runs in Debug mode

How to check whether you are currently debugging:

import sys 

def debugger_is_active() -> bool:
    """Return if the debugger is currently active"""
    gettrace = getattr(sys, 'gettrace', lambda : None) 
    return gettrace() is not None

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See also

• Python