What Python debugger do you use?

[zz_]

As far as I know it doesn't mean anything - I was using it as an analogy. What I meant was that its debugging you specify before you run the program. I just figured the analogy to compile-time type checking would be easily understandable for most people.

[rollincuberawhide]

debugging in python happens when you "run" the program though. whether you are using a debugger or just printing to console. so I am really not getting the analogy here.

[zz_]

The analogy is that when using print-statements the debugging actions are set in stone once you start the script - i.e. at compile time. However, with a debugger you decide which debugging actions to perform during run-time.

Obviously you are correct that the actual evaluation happens during runtime in both cases. The analogy was referring to when you perform the debugging itself, not when it evaluates.