[IPython-user] PyReadline problem - affects standard Windows Python

[Paul Moore]

On 24/05/07, Ville M. Vainio <vivainio@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 5/24/07, Paul Moore <p.f.moore@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > 1. Remove the readline.py wrapper from PyReadline
> > 2. Make IPython import from pyreadline rather than readline (which
> > would be a 2-line change, lines 21 and 26 of IPython/rlineimpl.py)
>
> Did you check the latest svn? It should work that way already.

Wow! Fast response!!! :-) (I'd only picked up the released versions).

The PyReadline package still distributes the readline.py file, though,
so that either needs to be removed from the distribution, or there's
still a minor manual fix I need. Having said that, the fact that core
Python changes behaviour based on the presence of the module is
arguably bad behaviour - on the other hand, a 3rd party module
probably shouldn't be installing a core module in the first place.

Nevertheless, thanks for this.
Paul.