SF bug #1052503: pdb runcall should accept keyword arguments

Lib/bdb.py

@@ -391,13 +391,13 @@ class Bdb:
 
     # This method is more useful to debug a single function call.
 
-    def runcall(self, func, *args):
+    def runcall(self, func, *args, **kwds):
         self.reset()
         sys.settrace(self.trace_dispatch)
         res = None
         try:
             try:
-                res = func(*args)
+                res = func(*args, **kwds)
             except BdbQuit:
                 pass
         finally:

Lib/pdb.py

@@ -993,8 +993,8 @@ def runctx(statement, globals, locals):
     # B/W compatibility
     run(statement, globals, locals)
 
-def runcall(*args):
-    return Pdb().runcall(*args)
+def runcall(*args, **kwds):
+    return Pdb().runcall(*args, **kwds)
 
 def set_trace():
     Pdb().set_trace()

Misc/NEWS

@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ Extension Modules
 Library
 -------
 
+- Bug #1052503 pdb.runcall() was not passing along keyword arguments.
+
 - Bug #902037: XML.sax.saxutils.prepare_input_source() now combines relative
   paths with a base path before checking os.path.isfile().