python function for debugging from https://andyljones.com/posts/post-mortem-plotting.html

extract.py

def extract():
    """Copies the caller's environment up to your IPython session"""
    import inspect
    import ctypes 

    frames = inspect.stack()
    caller = frames[1].frame
    name, ls, gs = caller.f_code.co_name, caller.f_locals, caller.f_globals

    ipython = [f for f in inspect.stack() if f.filename.startswith('<ipython-input')][-1].frame

    ipython.f_locals.update({k: v for k, v in gs.items() if k[:2] != '__'})
    ipython.f_locals.update({k: v for k, v in ls.items() if k[:2] != '__'})

    ctypes.pythonapi.PyFrame_LocalsToFast(ctypes.py_object(ipython), ctypes.c_int(0))