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Allow arguments to single file debugging to be supplied at runtime #19784
Description
My codebase has various Python scripts that I would like to run inside the VSCode debugger. The easiest way to do that is to add this debug configuration to launch.json:
{
"name": "Python: Current File",
"type": "python",
"request": "launch",
"program": "${file}",
"console": "integratedTerminal",
"justMyCode": true
}
However, there is one critical problem with this - I would like to supply arguments to the scripts I am running. And those arguments are transient - not the same for every single run - so I don't want to write them down in launch.json.
Ideally, I would like to have some option like "promptForArguments": true that causes VSCode to prompt me for the script's arguments each time I start the launch configuration.
(Let me know if this is actually something that needs to be implemented on the VSCode side and I can open an issue there instead.)
some keywords for anyone searching for this issue: single file debugging, parameters, runtime
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rossng commentedon Sep 6, 2022
Possibly an even better option would be to offer something similar to VSCode's existing JavaScript Debug Terminal for Python.
karthiknadig commentedon Sep 6, 2022
Thanks for the feature request! We are going to give the community 60 days from when this issue was created to provide 7 👍 upvotes on the opening comment to gauge general interest in this idea. If there's enough upvotes then we will consider this feature request in our future planning. If there's unfortunately not enough upvotes then we will close this issue.
AntonVucinic commentedon Sep 19, 2022
This should be a no brainer IMO. Java extension pack already has similar functinoality:
This option prompts for arguments before every launch and passes n arguments when input field is left empty.
brettcannon commentedon Nov 10, 2022
Thank you for submitting your feature request and everyone who considered it! Unfortunately, this issue did not receive enough votes over the allotted time, and so we are closing the issue.