pdb: some expression results are printed to the debuggee stdout

[hyongtao-code]

Bug report

Bug description:

In a dual-terminal / remote debugging setup, some expressions evaluated in pdb print their results to the debuggee’s stdout instead of the pdb output stream. For example, at the pdb prompt:

• (lambda: 123)()
• sum(i for i in (1, 2, 3))

their results appear in the remote/debuggee terminal. I have screenshots and a minimal test case demonstrating the issue.

target.py

# target.py
import os
import time

print("TARGET PID:", os.getpid(), flush=True)
print("Target is running... waiting forever.", flush=True)

while True:
    time.sleep(1)

attach.py

# attach.py
import sys
import pdb

pid = int(sys.argv[1])
print("Attaching to", pid)
pdb.attach(pid)

CPython versions tested on:

CPython main branch

Operating systems tested on:

Windows

Linked PRs

• gh-143874: Fix pdb expression result output stream in _exec_in_closure()  #143875
• gh-143874: Fix pdb expression output leaking to debuggee stdoutpython/cpython #143881
• [3.14] gh-143874: Use self.message instead of raw print in _exec_in_closure() (GH-143875) #144061

[johnslavik]

@gaogaotiantian, do we backport #143875 or should this be closed?

[gaogaotiantian]

@johnslavik good catch! This should be backported to 3.14. I'll work on it.