Make trace and doctest play nice together (issue 1429818). Backported from

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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/doctest.py b/Lib/doctest.py
index d609c5def5..1b39a5effc 100644
--- a/Lib/doctest.py
+++ b/Lib/doctest.py
@@ -320,8 +320,19 @@ class _OutputRedirectingPdb(pdb.Pdb):
     """
     def __init__(self, out):
         self.__out = out
+        self.__debugger_used = False
         pdb.Pdb.__init__(self, stdout=out)
 
+    def set_trace(self):
+        self.__debugger_used = True
+        pdb.Pdb.set_trace(self)
+
+    def set_continue(self):
+        # Calling set_continue unconditionally would break unit test
+        # coverage reporting, as Bdb.set_continue calls sys.settrace(None).
+        if self.__debugger_used:
+            pdb.Pdb.set_continue(self)
+
     def trace_dispatch(self, *args):
         # Redirect stdout to the given stream.
         save_stdout = sys.stdout