On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 17:56, Phillip J. Eby wrote:
* Should clear_history() only appear in the readline module if the facility exists?
Yes.
* If it should always appear, should it be a no-op if the facility isn't available, or raise an error?
"Errors should never pass silently" suggests that if it does appear, it should raise an error if the facility doesn't exist. So, I guess the question is, should you get an error trying to access clear_history(), or an error calling it? (And in the latter case, is NotImplementedError the right thing to raise?)
Error when accessing it.
Last question (I hope): as a feature, I presume this has to wait for 2.4 to get in, yes?
Hmm, it won't break backward compatibility, so maybe 2.3.1 would be okay. OTOH, it ain't a bug fix. OTOOH, 2.4 is a loonnngg way away. -Barry