Step into subroutine call, but not calls made for parameters

Question

func(a(), b.c)

When executing the line above in the pdb debugger, using step will actually step into a, and then into the get

Answer 1

tb func ("temporary break at func") followed by c ("continue") should work.

Answer 2

I would handle this by setting a break at the line number inside func that you're interested in, and then use continue. For example suppose your code looks like this:

110  def func(a1, a2):
111      "" docstring ""
112      first interesting line

then do this:

python -m pdb caller.py
pdb> b 112
pdb> c