Replace pprintpp usage by devtools.debug

requirements-dev.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 remote_pdb >= 2.0.0,  < 3
 pdbpp      >= 0.10.2, < 0.11
-pprintpp   >= 0.4.0,  < 0.5
+devtools   >= 0.4.0,  < 0.5
 
 mypy                  >= 0.790,  < 0.800
 flake8                >= 3.8.4,  < 4

src/backend/models/model.py

@@ -55,13 +55,8 @@ class Model(MutableMapping):
     def __repr__(self) -> str:
         """Provide a full representation of the model and its content."""
 
-        try:
-            from pprintpp import pformat
-        except ImportError:
-            from pprint import pformat  # type: ignore
-
         return "%s(sync_id=%s, %s)" % (
-            type(self).__name__, self.sync_id, pformat(self._data),
+            type(self).__name__, self.sync_id, self._data,
         )
 
 

src/backend/qml_bridge.py

@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ class QMLBridge:
 
 
     def pdb(self, extra_data: Sequence = (), remote: bool = False) -> None:
-        """Call the RemotePdb debugger; define some conveniance variables."""
+        """Call the python debugger, defining some conveniance variables."""
 
         ad  = extra_data                   # noqa
         ba  = self.backend                 # noqa
@@ -144,12 +144,11 @@ class QMLBridge:
 
         rc = lambda c: asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe(c, self._loop)  # noqa
 
-        p = print  # pdb's `p` doesn't print a class's __str__  # noqa
         try:
-            log.warning("\nThe pprintpp python package is not installed.")
-            from pprintpp import pprint as pp  # noqa
+            from devtools import debug # noqa
+            d = debug  # noqa
         except ModuleNotFoundError:
-            pass
+            log.warning("Module python-devtools not found, can't use debug()")
 
         if remote:
             # Run `socat readline tcp:127.0.0.1:4444` in a terminal to connect