Set a variable from a different frame

[brichet]

Is there a way to copy a local variable (in a function) to the global scope (module), in order to inspect it after debugging ?

In my experience, sending a setExpression request with a global variable as expression does not create a global variable:

type: "request",
command: "setExpression",
arguments: {
   expression: "globals()['global_variable']", 
   value: "local_variable", 
   frameId: local_function_frame_id
},
seq: XXX,

The above request will create a variable within the frame of the function only. This variable will not be accessible from the frame of the module.

I may have misunderstood how frames and scopes work, I'd be happy to have some clarification if this is the case.

[int19h]

Also applies when you do "evaluate" with an equivalent assignment. This is kinda related to #1138 - I believe it's the same code that's responsible for the update. But it also seems to not be updating the real globals dict on purpose, so this restriction might be in place to work around some other limitation; @fabioz, does this sound familiar?

[fabioz]

The problem is that globals() refers to the globals given at evaluation time which was a dict and not the actual globals from the frame. I've just provided a PR for this.

[brichet]

Thanks @fabioz, after a first quick test, it seems to work well.