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Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2019 01:56:43 +0000 (-0800)
Subject: bpo-36277: Add document for pdb debug and retval commands (GH-12872)
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bpo-36277: Add document for pdb debug and retval commands (GH-12872)


https://bugs.python.org/issue36277

Automerge-Triggered-By: @csabella
(cherry picked from commit 9391f6c3ef24f7962c534c42ccb792debdbef509)

Co-authored-by: Dave Nguyen <dv@dvnguyen.com>
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diff --git a/Doc/library/pdb.rst b/Doc/library/pdb.rst
index c7864e9e3f22..a52549feeca0 100644
--- a/Doc/library/pdb.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/pdb.rst
@@ -529,6 +529,14 @@ by the local file.
 
    Quit from the debugger.  The program being executed is aborted.
 
+.. pdbcommand:: debug code
+
+   Enter a recursive debugger that steps through the code
+   argument (which is an arbitrary expression or statement to be
+   executed in the current environment).
+
+.. pdbcommand:: retval
+   Print the return value for the last return of a function.
 
 .. rubric:: Footnotes