question about IDLE debugger in Python

Question

This is a simple question, is it possible to view an entire list in the locals box of the IDLE debugger? Because right now, if a list becomes too long, the debugger will put an ellipsis and not show the entire list. I also tried typing in the name of the list in the actual python shell, but nothing happened.

here is what i am seeing:axyz [[[-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,...,1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1]]] and if i type axyz into the shell when the program is running, nothing happens.

Answer 1

If you need to dump out large quantities of debug information, import the logging module and invoke it like so:

import logging
logging.debug(str(axyz))

Python's logging module is tremendously versatile, and can be used for logging to any device in any format you desire.

Other severity levels can be logged (logging.info(), logging.error(), logging.exception()) and you can set the logging verbosity in configuration later on.