Specify skip= parameters to pdb.Pdb from command line or .pdbrc

Problem pdb.Pdb accepts a skip parameter containing glob-style module-name patterns: pdb.Pdb(skip=["django.*", "some_package.generated.*"]) However, this existing functionality cannot be configured when invoking pdb through its command-line interface: python -m pdb -m some_package.module It also cannot be configured cleanly from .pdbrc. Commands from .pdbrc execute in the context of the debugged frame, and there is no documented reference to the active pdb.Pdb instance. The current workar...