Index: ScriptEngineTest.java =================================================================== --- ScriptEngineTest.java (revision 7151) +++ ScriptEngineTest.java (working copy) @@ -206,4 +206,14 @@ Object newStringCapitalize = invocableEngine.invokeMethod("test", "capitalize"); assertEquals(newStringCapitalize, "Test"); } + + public void testPdb() throws ScriptException { + ScriptEngineManager manager = new ScriptEngineManager(); + ScriptEngine pythonEngine = manager.getEngineByName("python"); + + // String from issue 1674 + String pdbString = "from pdb import set_trace; set_trace()"; + pythonEngine.eval(pdbString); + } + }