DebugClients/Python3/DebugBase.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

# Copyright (c) 2009 - 2016 Detlev Offenbach <detlev@die-offenbachs.de>
#

"""
Module implementing the debug base class which based originally on bdb.
"""

import sys
import os
import atexit
import inspect
import ctypes
import _thread
import time
from inspect import CO_GENERATOR

from DebugProtocol import ResponseClearWatch, ResponseClearBreak, \
    ResponseLine, ResponseSyntax, ResponseException, CallTrace
from DebugUtilities import getargvalues, formatargvalues
from BreakpointWatch import Breakpoint, Watch

gRecursionLimit = 64


def printerr(s):
    """
    Module function used for debugging the debug client.
    
    @param s data to be printed
    """
    sys.__stderr__.write('{0!s}\n'.format(s))
    sys.__stderr__.flush()


def setRecursionLimit(limit):
    """
    Module function to set the recursion limit.
    
    @param limit recursion limit (integer)
    """
    global gRecursionLimit
    gRecursionLimit = limit


class DebugBase(object):
    """
    Class implementing base class of the debugger.

    Provides methods for the 'owning' client to call to step etc.
    """
    # Don't thrust distutils.sysconfig.get_python_lib: possible case mismatch
    #  on Windows
    lib = os.path.dirname(inspect.__file__)
    # tuple required because it's accessed a lot of times by startswith method
    pathsToSkip = ('<', os.path.dirname(__file__), inspect.__file__[:-1])
    filesToSkip = {}

    # cache for fixed file names
    _fnCache = {}

    def __init__(self, dbgClient):
        """
        Constructor
        
        @param dbgClient the owning client
        """
        self._dbgClient = dbgClient
        self._mainThread = True
        self.quitting = 0
        
        self.tracePythonLibs(0)
        
        # Special handling of a recursion error
        self.skipFrames = 0
        
        self.__isBroken = False
        self.cFrame = None
        
        # current frame we are at
        self.currentFrame = None
        
        # frame that we are stepping in, can be different than currentFrame
        self.stepFrame = None
        
        self.botframe = None
        self.stopframe = None
        self.returnframe = None
        self.stop_everywhere = False
        
        # provide a hook to perform a hard breakpoint
        # Use it like this:
        # if hasattr(sys, 'breakpoint): sys.breakpoint()
        sys.breakpoint = self.set_trace
        
        self.__recursionDepth = -1
        self.setRecursionDepth(inspect.currentframe())
        
        # background task to periodicaly check for client interactions
        self.eventPollFlag = False
        self.timer = _thread.start_new_thread(self.__eventPollTimer, ())

    def __eventPollTimer(self):
        """
        Private method to set a flag every 0.5 s to check for new messages.
        """
        while True:
            time.sleep(0.5)
            self.eventPollFlag = True
    
    def getCurrentFrame(self):
        """
        Public method to return the current frame.
        
        @return the current frame
        """
        return self.currentFrame
    
    def getFrameLocals(self, frmnr=0):
        """
        Public method to return the locals dictionary of the current frame
        or a frame below.
        
        @keyparam frmnr distance of frame to get locals dictionary of. 0 is
            the current frame (int)
        @return locals dictionary of the frame
        """
        f = self.currentFrame
        while f is not None and frmnr > 0:
            f = f.f_back
            frmnr -= 1
        return f.f_locals
    
    def storeFrameLocals(self, frmnr=0):
        """
        Public method to store the locals into the frame, so an access to
        frame.f_locals returns the last data.
        
        @keyparam frmnr distance of frame to store locals dictionary to. 0 is
            the current frame (int)
        """
        cf = self.currentFrame
        while cf is not None and frmnr > 0:
            cf = cf.f_back
            frmnr -= 1
        ctypes.pythonapi.PyFrame_LocalsToFast(
            ctypes.py_object(cf),
            ctypes.c_int(0))
    
    def step(self, traceMode):
        """
        Public method to perform a step operation in this thread.
        
        @param traceMode If it is True, then the step is a step into,
              otherwise it is a step over.
        """
        self.stepFrame = self.currentFrame
        
        if traceMode:
            self.currentFrame = None
            self.set_step()
        else:
            self.set_next(self.currentFrame)
    
    def stepOut(self):
        """
        Public method to perform a step out of the current call.
        """
        self.stepFrame = self.currentFrame
        self.set_return(self.currentFrame)
    
    def go(self, special):
        """
        Public method to resume the thread.

        It resumes the thread stopping only at breakpoints or exceptions.
        
        @param special flag indicating a special continue operation
        """
        self.currentFrame = None
        self.set_continue(special)
    
    def setRecursionDepth(self, frame):
        """
        Public method to determine the current recursion depth.
        
        @param frame The current stack frame.
        """
        self.__recursionDepth = 0
        while frame is not None:
            self.__recursionDepth += 1
            frame = frame.f_back
    
    def profileWithRecursion(self, frame, event, arg):
        """
        Public method used to trace some stuff independent of the debugger
        trace function.
        
        @param frame current stack frame
        @type frame object
        @param event trace event
        @type str
        @param arg arguments
        @type depends on the previous event parameter
        @exception RuntimeError raised to indicate too many recursions
        """
        if event == 'return':
            self.cFrame = frame.f_back
            self.__recursionDepth -= 1
            if self._dbgClient.callTraceEnabled:
                self.__sendCallTrace(event, frame, self.cFrame)
        elif event == 'call':
            if self._dbgClient.callTraceEnabled:
                self.__sendCallTrace(event, self.cFrame, frame)
            self.cFrame = frame
            self.__recursionDepth += 1
            if self.__recursionDepth > gRecursionLimit:
                raise RuntimeError(
                    'maximum recursion depth exceeded\n'
                    '(offending frame is two down the stack)')
    
    def profile(self, frame, event, arg):
        """
        Public method used to trace some stuff independent of the debugger
        trace function.
        
        @param frame current stack frame
        @type frame object
        @param event trace event
        @type str
        @param arg arguments
        @type depends on the previous event parameter
        """
        if event == 'return':
            self.__sendCallTrace(event, frame, frame.f_back)
        elif event == 'call':
            self.__sendCallTrace(event, frame.f_back, frame)
    
    def __sendCallTrace(self, event, fromFrame, toFrame):
        """
        Private method to send a call/return trace.
        
        @param event trace event
        @type str
        @param fromFrame originating frame
        @type frame object
        @param toFrame destination frame
        @type frame object
        """
        if not self.__skipFrame(fromFrame) and not self.__skipFrame(toFrame):
            fromStr = "{0}:{1}:{2}".format(
                self._dbgClient.absPath(self.fix_frame_filename(fromFrame)),
                fromFrame.f_lineno,
                fromFrame.f_code.co_name)
            toStr = "{0}:{1}:{2}".format(
                self._dbgClient.absPath(self.fix_frame_filename(toFrame)),
                toFrame.f_lineno,
                toFrame.f_code.co_name)
            self._dbgClient.write("{0}{1}@@{2}@@{3}\n".format(
                CallTrace, event[0], fromStr, toStr))
    
    def trace_dispatch(self, frame, event, arg):
        """
        Public method reimplemented from bdb.py to do some special things.
        
        This specialty is to check the connection to the debug server
        for new events (i.e. new breakpoints) while we are going through
        the code.
        
        @param frame The current stack frame
        @type frame object
        @param event The trace event
        @type str
        @param arg The arguments
        @type depends on the previous event parameter
        @return local trace function
        @rtype trace function or None
        @exception SystemExit
        """
        # give the client a chance to push through new break points.
        if self.eventPollFlag:
            self._dbgClient.eventPoll()
            self.eventPollFlag = False
            
            if self.quitting:
                raise SystemExit
        
        if event == 'line':
            if self.stop_here(frame) or self.break_here(frame):
                self.user_line(frame)
            return
        
        if event == 'call':
            if self.botframe is None and frame.f_lineno > 1:
                self.botframe = frame.f_back
                frame.f_trace = self.trace_dispatch
                self._dbgClient.mainFrame = frame
                
                self.user_line(frame)
                return self.trace_dispatch
            
            if not (self.stop_here(frame) or
                    self.__checkBreakInFrame(frame) or
                    Watch.watches != []):
                # No need to trace this function
                return
            return self.trace_dispatch
        
        if event == 'return':
            if self.stop_here(frame):
                # Ignore return events in generator except when stepping.
                if self.stopframe and frame.f_code.co_flags & CO_GENERATOR:
                    return
                # The program has finished if we have just left the first frame
                if frame == self._dbgClient.mainFrame and \
                        self._mainThread:
                    atexit._run_exitfuncs()
                    self._dbgClient.progTerminated(arg)
                
                if self.quitting and not self._dbgClient.passive:
                    raise SystemExit
            return
        
        if event == 'exception':
            if not self.__skipFrame(frame):
                # When stepping with next/until/return in a generator frame,
                # skip the internal StopIteration exception (with no traceback)
                # triggered by a subiterator run with the 'yield from'
                # statement.
                if not (frame.f_code.co_flags & CO_GENERATOR and
                        arg[0] is StopIteration and arg[2] is None):
                    self.user_exception(frame, arg)
            # Stop at the StopIteration or GeneratorExit exception when the
            # user has set stopframe in a generator by issuing a return
            # command, or a next/until command at the last statement in the
            # generator before the exception.
            elif (self.stopframe and frame is not self.stopframe and
                    self.stopframe.f_code.co_flags & CO_GENERATOR and
                    arg[0] in (StopIteration, GeneratorExit)):
                self.user_exception(frame, arg)
            return

        if event == 'c_call':
            return
        if event == 'c_exception':
            return
        if event == 'c_return':
            return
        print('bdb.Bdb.dispatch: unknown debugging event: ', repr(event))   # __IGNORE_WARNING__
        return self.trace_dispatch

    def set_trace(self, frame=None):
        """
        Public method to start debugging from 'frame'.

        If frame is not specified, debugging starts from caller's frame.
        Because of jump optimizations it's not possible to use sys.breakpoint()
        as last instruction in a function or method.
        
        @keyparam frame frame to start debugging from
        @type frame object
        """
        if frame is None:
            frame = sys._getframe().f_back  # Skip set_trace method
        
        frame.f_trace = self.trace_dispatch
        while frame is not None:
            # stop at erics debugger frame
            if frame.f_back.f_code == self._dbgClient.handleLine.__code__:
                frame.f_trace = self.trace_dispatch
                self.botframe = frame
                self._dbgClient.mainFrame = frame
                break
            
            frame = frame.f_back
        
        self.stop_everywhere = True
        sys.settrace(self.trace_dispatch)
        sys.setprofile(self._dbgClient.callTraceEnabled)
    
    def run(self, cmd, globals=None, locals=None):
        """
        Public method to start a given command under debugger control.
        
        @param cmd command / code to execute under debugger control
        @type str or CodeType
        @keyparam globals dictionary of global variables for cmd
        @type dict
        @keyparam locals  dictionary of local variables for cmd
        @type dict
        """
        if globals is None:
            import __main__
            globals = __main__.__dict__
        
        if locals is None:
            locals = globals
        
        sys.settrace(self.trace_dispatch)
        if isinstance(cmd, str):
            cmd = compile(cmd, "<string>", "exec")
        
        try:
            exec(cmd, globals, locals)
        except SystemExit:
            pass
        finally:
            self.quitting = 1
            sys.settrace(None)

    def _set_stopinfo(self, stopframe, returnframe):
        """
        Protected method to update the frame pointers.
        
        @param stopframe the frame object where to stop
        @type frame object
        @param returnframe the frame object where to stop on a function return
        @type frame object
        """
        self.stopframe = stopframe
        self.returnframe = returnframe
        self.stop_everywhere = False

    def set_continue(self, special):
        """
        Public method to stop only on next breakpoint.
        
        @param special flag indicating a special continue operation
        @type bool
        """
        # Here we only set a new stop frame if it is a normal continue.
        if not special:
            self._set_stopinfo(self.botframe, None)
        
        # Disable tracing if not started in debug mode
        if not self._dbgClient.debugging:
            sys.settrace(None)
            sys.setprofile(None)

    def set_step(self):
        """
        Public method to stop after one line of code.
        """
        self._set_stopinfo(None, None)
        self.stop_everywhere = True

    def set_next(self, frame):
        """
        Public method to stop on the next line in or below the given frame.
        
        @param frame the frame object
        @type frame object
        """
        self._set_stopinfo(frame, frame.f_back)
        frame.f_back.f_trace = self.trace_dispatch
        frame.f_trace = self.trace_dispatch

    def set_return(self, frame):
        """
        Public method to stop when returning from the given frame.
        
        @param frame the frame object
        @type frame object
        """
        self._set_stopinfo(None, frame.f_back)

    def set_quit(self):
        """
        Public method to quit.
        
        Disables the trace functions and resets all frame pointer.
        """
        self.currentFrame = None
        sys.setprofile(None)
        sys.settrace(None)
        self.stopframe = None
        self.returnframe = None
        self.quitting = 1
    
    def fix_frame_filename(self, frame):
        """
        Public method used to fixup the filename for a given frame.
        
        The logic employed here is that if a module was loaded
        from a .pyc file, then the correct .py to operate with
        should be in the same path as the .pyc. The reason this
        logic is needed is that when a .pyc file is generated, the
        filename embedded and thus what is readable in the code object
        of the frame object is the fully qualified filepath when the
        pyc is generated. If files are moved from machine to machine
        this can break debugging as the .pyc will refer to the .py
        on the original machine. Another case might be sharing
        code over a network... This logic deals with that.
        
        @param frame the frame object
        @type frame object
        @return fixed up file name
        @rtype str
        """
        # get module name from __file__
        fn = frame.f_globals.get('__file__')
        try:
            return self._fnCache[fn]
        except KeyError:
            if fn and fn != frame.f_code.co_filename:
                absFilename = os.path.abspath(fn)
                if absFilename.endswith(('.pyc', '.pyo')):
                    fixedName = absFilename[:-1]
                    if not os.path.exists(fixedName):
                        fixedName = absFilename
                else:
                    fixedName = absFilename
            else:
                fixedName = frame.f_code.co_filename
            # update cache
            self._fnCache[fn] = fixedName
            return fixedName

    def __checkBreakInFrame(self, frame):
        """
        Private method to check if the function / method has a line number
        which is a breakpoint.
        
        @param frame the frame object
        @type frame object
        @return Flag indicating a function / method with breakpoint
        @rtype bool
        """
        try:
            return Breakpoint.breakInFrameCache[
                frame.f_globals.get('__file__'),
                frame.f_code.co_firstlineno]
        except KeyError:
            filename = self.fix_frame_filename(frame)
            if filename not in Breakpoint.breakInFile:
                Breakpoint.breakInFrameCache[
                    frame.f_globals.get('__file__'),
                    frame.f_code.co_firstlineno] = False
                return False
            lineNo = frame.f_code.co_firstlineno
            lineNumbers = [lineNo]
            # No need to handle special case if a lot of lines between
            # (e.g. closure), because the additional lines won't cause a bp
            for co_lno in frame.f_code.co_lnotab[1::2]:
                lineNo += co_lno
                lineNumbers.append(lineNo)
            
            for bp in Breakpoint.breakInFile[filename]:
                if bp in lineNumbers:
                    Breakpoint.breakInFrameCache[
                        frame.f_globals.get('__file__'),
                        frame.f_code.co_firstlineno] = True
                    return True
            Breakpoint.breakInFrameCache[
                frame.f_globals.get('__file__'),
                frame.f_code.co_firstlineno] = False
            return False
    
    def break_here(self, frame):
        """
        Public method reimplemented from bdb.py to fix the filename from the
        frame.
        
        See fix_frame_filename for more info.
        
        @param frame the frame object
        @type frame object
        @return flag indicating the break status
        @rtype bool
        """
        filename = self.fix_frame_filename(frame)
        if (filename, frame.f_lineno) in Breakpoint.breaks:
            bp, flag = Breakpoint.effectiveBreak(
                filename, frame.f_lineno, frame)
            if bp:
                # flag says ok to delete temp. bp
                if flag and bp.temporary:
                    self.__do_clearBreak(filename, frame.f_lineno)
                return True
        
        if Watch.watches != []:
            bp, flag = Watch.effectiveWatch(frame)
            if bp:
                # flag says ok to delete temp. watch
                if flag and bp.temporary:
                    self.__do_clearWatch(bp.cond)
                return True
        
        return False

    def __do_clearBreak(self, filename, lineno):
        """
        Private method called to clear a temporary breakpoint.
        
        @param filename name of the file the bp belongs to
        @type str
        @param lineno linenumber of the bp
        @type int
        """
        Breakpoint.clear_break(filename, lineno)
        self._dbgClient.write('{0}{1},{2:d}\n'.format(
                              ResponseClearBreak, filename, lineno))

    def __do_clearWatch(self, cond):
        """
        Private method called to clear a temporary watch expression.
        
        @param cond expression of the watch expression to be cleared
        @type str
        """
        Watch.clear_watch(cond)
        self._dbgClient.write('{0}{1}\n'.format(ResponseClearWatch, cond))

    def getStack(self):
        """
        Public method to get the stack.
        
        @return list of lists with file name (string), line number (integer)
            and function name (string)
        """
        fr = self.cFrame
        stack = []
        while fr is not None:
            fname = self._dbgClient.absPath(self.fix_frame_filename(fr))
            if not fname.startswith("<"):
                fline = fr.f_lineno
                ffunc = fr.f_code.co_name
                
                if ffunc == '?':
                    ffunc = ''
                
                if ffunc and not ffunc.startswith("<"):
                    argInfo = getargvalues(fr)
                    try:
                        fargs = formatargvalues(
                            argInfo.args, argInfo.varargs,
                            argInfo.keywords, argInfo.locals)
                    except Exception:
                        fargs = ""
                else:
                    fargs = ""
                
                stack.append([fname, fline, ffunc, fargs])
            
            if fr == self._dbgClient.mainFrame:
                fr = None
            else:
                fr = fr.f_back
        
        return stack
    
    def user_line(self, frame):
        """
        Public method reimplemented to handle the program about to execute a
        particular line.
        
        @param frame the frame object
        """
        # We never stop on line 0.
        if frame.f_lineno == 0:
            return
        
        self.currentFrame = frame
        
        fr = frame
        stack = []
        while fr is not None:
            # Reset the trace function so we can be sure
            # to trace all functions up the stack... This gets around
            # problems where an exception/breakpoint has occurred
            # but we had disabled tracing along the way via a None
            # return from dispatch_call
            fr.f_trace = self.trace_dispatch
            fname = self._dbgClient.absPath(self.fix_frame_filename(fr))
            if not fname.startswith("<"):
                fline = fr.f_lineno
                ffunc = fr.f_code.co_name
                
                if ffunc == '?':
                    ffunc = ''
                
                if ffunc and not ffunc.startswith("<"):
                    argInfo = getargvalues(fr)
                    try:
                        fargs = formatargvalues(
                            argInfo.args, argInfo.varargs,
                            argInfo.keywords, argInfo.locals)
                    except Exception:
                        fargs = ""
                else:
                    fargs = ""
                
                stack.append([fname, fline, ffunc, fargs])
            
            if fr == self._dbgClient.mainFrame:
                fr = None
            else:
                fr = fr.f_back
        
        self.__isBroken = True
        
        self._dbgClient.write('{0}{1}\n'.format(ResponseLine, str(stack)))
        self._dbgClient.eventLoop()
        
        self.__isBroken = False

    def user_exception(self, frame, excinfo, unhandled=False):
        """
        Public method reimplemented to report an exception to the debug server.
        
        @param frame the frame object
        @type frame object
        @param excinfo details about the exception
        @type tuple(Exception, excval object, traceback frame object)
        @keyparam unhandled flag indicating an uncaught exception
        @type bool
        """
        exctype, excval, exctb = excinfo
        
        if exctype in [GeneratorExit, StopIteration]:
            # ignore these
            return
        
        if exctype == SystemExit:
            atexit._run_exitfuncs()
            if excval is None:
                excval = 0
            elif isinstance(excval, str):
                self._dbgClient.write(excval)
                excval = 1
            elif isinstance(excval, bytes):
                self._dbgClient.write(excval.decode())
                excval = 1
            if isinstance(excval, int):
                self._dbgClient.progTerminated(excval)
            else:
                self._dbgClient.progTerminated(excval.code)
            return
        
        if exctype in [SyntaxError, IndentationError]:
            try:
                message = str(excval)
                filename = excval.filename
                linenr = excval.lineno
                charnr = excval.offset
            except (AttributeError, ValueError):
                exclist = []
                realSyntaxError = True
            else:
                exclist = [message, [filename, linenr, charnr]]
                realSyntaxError = os.path.exists(filename)
            
            if realSyntaxError:
                self._dbgClient.write("{0}{1}\n".format(
                    ResponseSyntax, str(exclist)))
                self._dbgClient.eventLoop()
                return
        
        self.skipFrames = 0
        if (exctype == RuntimeError and
                str(excval).startswith('maximum recursion depth exceeded') or
                sys.version_info >= (3, 5) and exctype == RecursionError):
            excval = 'maximum recursion depth exceeded'
            depth = 0
            tb = exctb
            while tb:
                tb = tb.tb_next
                
                if (tb and tb.tb_frame.f_code.co_name == 'trace_dispatch' and
                        __file__.startswith(tb.tb_frame.f_code.co_filename)):
                    depth = 1
                self.skipFrames += depth
            
            # always 1 if running without debugger
            self.skipFrames = max(1, self.skipFrames)
        
        exctype = self.__extractExceptionName(exctype)
        
        if excval is None:
            excval = ''
        
        if unhandled:
            exctypetxt = "unhandled {0!s}".format(str(exctype))
        else:
            exctypetxt = str(exctype)
        try:
            exclist = [exctypetxt, str(excval)]
        except TypeError:
            exclist = [exctypetxt, str(excval)]
        
        if exctb:
            frlist = self.__extract_stack(exctb)
            frlist.reverse()
            
            self.currentFrame = frlist[0]
            
            for fr in frlist[self.skipFrames:]:
                filename = self._dbgClient.absPath(self.fix_frame_filename(fr))
                
                if os.path.basename(filename).startswith("DebugClientBase"):
                    break
                
                linenr = fr.f_lineno
                ffunc = fr.f_code.co_name
                
                if ffunc == '?':
                    ffunc = ''
                
                if ffunc and not ffunc.startswith("<"):
                    argInfo = getargvalues(fr)
                    try:
                        fargs = formatargvalues(
                            argInfo.args, argInfo.varargs,
                            argInfo.keywords, argInfo.locals)
                    except Exception:
                        fargs = ""
                else:
                    fargs = ""
                
                exclist.append([filename, linenr, ffunc, fargs])
        
        self._dbgClient.write("{0}{1}\n".format(
            ResponseException, str(exclist)))
        
        if exctb is None:
            return
        
        self._dbgClient.eventLoop()
        self.skipFrames = 0
        
    def __extractExceptionName(self, exctype):
        """
        Private method to extract the exception name given the exception
        type object.
        
        @param exctype type of the exception
        @return exception name (string)
        """
        return str(exctype).replace("<class '", "").replace("'>", "")
    
    def __extract_stack(self, exctb):
        """
        Private member to return a list of stack frames.
        
        @param exctb exception traceback
        @return list of stack frames
        """
        tb = exctb
        stack = []
        while tb is not None:
            stack.append(tb.tb_frame)
            tb = tb.tb_next
        tb = None
        return stack

    def stop_here(self, frame):
        """
        Public method reimplemented to filter out debugger files.
        
        Tracing is turned off for files that are part of the
        debugger that are called from the application being debugged.
        
        @param frame the frame object
        @type frame object
        @return flag indicating whether the debugger should stop here
        @rtype bool
        """
        if self.__skipFrame(frame):
            return False
        
        return (self.stop_everywhere or
                frame is self.stopframe or
                frame is self.returnframe or
                frame is self.botframe)

    def tracePythonLibs(self, enable):
        """
        Public method to update the settings to trace into Python libraries.
        
        @param enable flag to debug into Python libraries
        @type int
        """
        pathsToSkip = list(self.pathsToSkip)
        # don't trace into Python library?
        if enable:
            pathsToSkip = [x for x in pathsToSkip if not x.endswith(
                ("site-packages", "dist-packages", self.lib))]
        else:
            pathsToSkip.append(self.lib)
            localLib = [x for x in sys.path if x.endswith(("site-packages",
                        "dist-packages")) and not x.startswith(self.lib)]
            pathsToSkip.extend(localLib)
        
        self.pathsToSkip = tuple(pathsToSkip)

    def __skipFrame(self, frame):
        """
        Private method to filter out debugger files.
        
        Tracing is turned off for files that are part of the
        debugger that are called from the application being debugged.
        
        @param frame the frame object
        @type frame object
        @return flag indicating whether the debugger should skip this frame
        @rtype bool
        """
        try:
            return self.filesToSkip[frame.f_code.co_filename]
        except KeyError:
            ret = frame.f_code.co_filename.startswith(self.pathsToSkip)
            self.filesToSkip[frame.f_code.co_filename] = ret
            return ret
        except AttributeError:
            # if frame is None
            return True
    
    def isBroken(self):
        """
        Public method to return the broken state of the debugger.
        
        @return flag indicating the broken state
        @rtype bool
        """
        return self.__isBroken

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