Inability to get docstring in debugger

[amueller]

When in debugging mode, i.e. ipdb, it is not possible to get the docstrings via ?. That would be a very useful feature.

[bfroehle]

The docstrings can be accessed by pdoc <name>. You can also do pinfo and pdef to get more information and the object definition.

[amueller]

Thanks. Is there a particular reason not to support the "?" that is in ipython?

[bfroehle]

Unfortunately it is unlikely to be a simple addition, as ipdb is essentially pdb with a few new or overridden commands. I'll reopen this as a wishlist item, but don't hold your breath.

[amueller]

Ok if it is to complicated, never mind ;)

[jclevesque]

Anyway to vote on this as a feature request? It would be nice if the interfaces behaved similarly. Ultimately, perhaps ipdb could become a full fledged IPython prompt which forwards the debugging commands to pdb/ipdb?