Hello.<br><div class="gmail_quote">Python doc says that the PYTHONSTARTUP file is not read when a script is run with the -i option. Is there a reason for this? Is there a way to get the functionality i.e. to be able to run specified Python file just before the first prompt of interactive interpreter?<br>

<br>Use case: I want to run my own repl on Windows, because there&#39;s a problem with unicode IO in the console. See <a href="http://bugs.python.org/issue1602" target="_blank">http://bugs.python.org/issue1602</a> .<br><br>
Regards, Drekin<br>
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