Hi,

I've been trying to put breakpoints in a Test::Class derivative's test method. The debugger lists the breakpoint, but never stops there. I've whittled this down, and I think it may be due to the attributes used to label test methods.

Is this a bug in the debugger? Either way, is there a workaround? I can't put a breakpoint in a file which isn't the current file, otherwise I could specify the right line to break on.

Consider this example program: 

package X;
use strict;
use Attribute::Handlers;

sub a : ATTR(SCALAR) {
    print "a\n";
}

sub b {
    print "b\n";
}

package main;

X::a;
X::b;

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Then if I debug this I get the same sort of behaviour described above. i.e. The breakpoint on subroutine a (with the attribute) is ignored, and the debugger stops instead on subroutine b (with no attributes). Listing the breakpoints, the debugger seems to have put b's breakpoint on an unbreakable line: 
$ perl -d dbtest.pl

Loading DB routines from perl5db.pl version 1.28
Editor support available.

Enter h or `h h' for help, or `man perldebug' for more help.

Attribute::Handlers::CODE(0x8322008)(/usr/share/perl/5.8/Attribute/Han
+dlers.pm:206):
206:                    $global_phase++;
  DB<1> printf "Perl v%vd\n", $^V
Perl v5.8.8

  DB<2> b X::a
  DB<3> b X::b
  DB<4> L
dbtest.pl:
 5: sub a : ATTR(SCALAR) {
   break if (1)
 10:        print "b\n";
   break if (1)
  DB<4> c
a
X::b(dbtest.pl:10):     print "b\n";
  DB<4>

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In reply to bug in the debugger? breakpoints in subroutines ignored if attributes present by wu-lee

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