Test variable view for python REPL

[amunger]

Refs: #24066

• macOS @ulugbekna
• linux @joshspicer
• windows @bamurtaugh

Complexity: 2

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Pre-requisites:

You must have python installed on your machine

Test steps

1. ensure settings

"python.REPL.sendToNativeREPL": true
"notebook.experimental.variablesView": true,

and "jupyter.interactiveWindow.textEditor.executeSelection": false if jupyter is installed (default)

2. open a python file and execute some code with shift enter (python.execInREPL) to create some variables. This should open the native REPL to the side.

e.g.

class A:
    prop1 = 1
    prop2 = 2

    def __init__(self, a, b):
        self.a = a
        self.b = b
        self.list = [1, 2, 3]

class B:
    propList = [A(100, 200), A(300, 400)]


aString = "Hello"
aList = [1, 2, aString]
aList.append(aList) # Circular reference
aTuple = (3, 4, aString)
aSet = {5, 6, aTuple, aString}
aDict = {7: 8, 9: aSet}
anInt = 10
aFloat = 11.2
anObject = A(12, 13)
nestedObject = B()

bigLongList = []
longList = []
string = 'ab' * 1000
for i in range(100000):
    bigLongList.append('string' + str(i) + string)
    longList.append(i)

3. open the debug pane and explore the created variables in the "REPL variables" view
4. also try executing code through the input box

[ulugbekna]

oh, i love how the repl looks! This has progressed so much! I remember when we were working on a send-to-REPL for the ocaml extension a couple of years ago, we looked at how python ext does it, and it used to just send the repl command to terminal and wait a couple of sec hoping it gets launched by then :D

Now the experience is very slick

[joshspicer]

Very slick I've never used the repl before and I like it!

Perhaps a silly question, where is the debug pane? I've enabled the variableViews settings but I can't see where I should be looking?

[amunger]

side panel:

[joshspicer]

Ah, I hadn't seen it at the bottom - thanks