gh-118714: Make the pdb post-mortem restart/quit behavior more reasonable (#118725)

Lib/pdb.py

@@ -2481,9 +2481,12 @@ def main():
             traceback.print_exception(e, colorize=_colorize.can_colorize())
             print("Uncaught exception. Entering post mortem debugging")
             print("Running 'cont' or 'step' will restart the program")
-            pdb.interaction(None, e)
-            print(f"Post mortem debugger finished. The {target} will "
-                  "be restarted")
+            try:
+                pdb.interaction(None, e)
+            except Restart:
+                print("Restarting", target, "with arguments:")
+                print("\t" + " ".join(sys.argv[1:]))
+                continue
         if pdb._user_requested_quit:
             break
         print("The program finished and will be restarted")

Lib/test/test_pdb.py

@@ -3545,6 +3545,23 @@ def bœr():
         # the file as up to date
         self.assertNotIn("WARNING:", stdout)
 
+    def test_post_mortem_restart(self):
+        script = """
+            def foo():
+                raise ValueError("foo")
+            foo()
+        """
+
+        commands = """
+            continue
+            restart
+            continue
+            quit
+        """
+
+        stdout, stderr = self.run_pdb_script(script, commands)
+        self.assertIn("Restarting", stdout)
+
     def test_relative_imports(self):
         self.module_name = 't_main'
         os_helper.rmtree(self.module_name)

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-05-07-17-38-53.gh-issue-118714.XXKpVZ.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Allow ``restart`` in post-mortem debugging of :mod:`pdb`. Removed restart message
+when the user quits pdb from post-mortem mode.