Fix richInspectVariables

Author: davidbrochart

ipykernel/debugger.py

@@ -577,29 +577,10 @@ async def richInspectVariables(self, message):
 
         repr_data = {}
         repr_metadata = {}
-        if not self.stopped_threads:
-            # The code did not hit a breakpoint, we use the intepreter
-            # to get the rich representation of the variable
-            result = get_ipython().user_expressions({var_name: var_name})[var_name]
-            if result.get("status", "error") == "ok":
-                repr_data = result.get("data", {})
-                repr_metadata = result.get("metadata", {})
-        else:
-            # The code has stopped on a breakpoint, we use the setExpression
-            # request to get the rich representation of the variable
-            code = f"get_ipython().display_formatter.format({var_name})"
-            frame_id = message["arguments"]["frameId"]
-            seq = message["seq"]
-            reply = await self._forward_message(
-                {
-                    "type": "request",
-                    "command": "evaluate",
-                    "seq": seq + 1,
-                    "arguments": {"expression": code, "frameId": frame_id},
-                }
-            )
-            if reply["success"]:
-                repr_data, repr_metadata = eval(reply["body"]["result"], {}, {})
+        result = get_ipython().user_expressions({var_name: var_name})[var_name]
+        if result.get("status", "error") == "ok":
+            repr_data = result.get("data", {})
+            repr_metadata = result.get("metadata", {})
 
         body = {
             "data": repr_data,