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You know, I cannot reproduce the problem!

I created this module:

import pdb
def foo():
    x = 12
    y = 2
    z = x**y
    print z
    return
pdb.set_trace()
print 12
print "hello world"
foo()

When I run it I get the pdb prompt.
When I hit "continue" at the prompt,
the whole program executes.

Before we start messing with this
I'd like to be able to reproduce
the problem so I can confirm that
it goes away!