diff -r cbdcfbcbc0fb -r f72dfec31dcb eric6/DebugClients/Python/DebugClientBase.py
--- a/eric6/DebugClients/Python/DebugClientBase.py Sat Feb 08 16:48:44 2020 +0100
+++ b/eric6/DebugClients/Python/DebugClientBase.py Mon Feb 10 18:41:37 2020 +0100
@@ -2053,16 +2053,14 @@
self.__interceptSignals()
# This will eventually enter a local event loop.
- # Note the use of backquotes to cause a repr of self.running. The
- # need for this is on Windows os where backslash is the path separator.
- # They will get inadvertantly stripped away during the eval causing
- # IOErrors if self.running is passed as a normal str.
self.debugMod.__dict__['__file__'] = self.running
sys.modules['__main__'] = self.debugMod
- res = self.mainThread.run(
- 'exec(open(' + repr(self.running) + ').read())',
- self.debugMod.__dict__)
- self.progTerminated(res)
+ code = self.__compileFileSource(self.running)
+ if code:
+ res = self.mainThread.run(code, self.debugMod.__dict__, debug=True)
+ self.progTerminated(res)
+ else:
+ self.progTerminated(42) # should not happen
def run_call(self, scriptname, func, *args):
"""
