How to quickly debug misbehaving script in Python without pdb?

Question

There is a high level logic error deep within my Python script, and pdb doesn\'t help to debug it. Is there any other way to see what is being executed after I run

Answer 1

I found a way to do this using excellent trace module that comes with Python.

An example how to troubleshoot module installation problem:

python -m trace -t setup.py install > execution.log

This will dump all source line of setup.py install execution to execution.log. I find this more useful than pdb, because usability of pdb command line interface is very poor.