I have two python scripts, test_breakpoints.py and test_breakpoints_import.py (see below), with breakpoints set in PyCharm. The former script imports a function from the latter.

When using the interactive console (IPython), connecting the debugger, and running code (via Alt+Shift+e), PyCharm ignores the breakpoints in test_breakpoints.py and only triggers upon the breakpoint in the imported function from test_breakpoints_import.py. This is different from Debug Script (via Shift+F9), whicht triggers on the first breakpoint.

Why are breakpoints for non-imported code ignored when using the debugger inside the interactive console? Is there a way that PyCharm triggers these breakpoints (without putting the code into a different script and importing it from there, or debugging the entire script)?

I am often using the console for interactive coding and would like to avoid running entire scripts just to debug small code parts.

test_breakpoints.py

from test_breakpoints_import import myfunc_import

def myfunc_local():
    print('Bye')

print('Hello')
myfunc_local()
myfunc_import()

test_breakpoints_import.py:

def myfunc_import():
    print('Hi')

Running code in IPython interactive console (Alt+Shift+e):

Debug script (Shift+F9):