[Edu-sig] interactive vs compiled from file

[Dethe Elza]

On 3-Aug-07, at 11:17 AM, Michael Tobis wrote:

> 2) Would it be difficult to provide an alternative interpreter that
> produced nothing unless you asked it to print? Would this be a good
> idea?

 >>> 'abc'
'abc'
 >>> import sys
 >>> def f(value): pass
...
 >>> sys.displayhook = f
 >>> 'abc'
 >>>

So if you add a do-nothing displayhook in your site.py, or as part of  
a standard local import, you won't have the echo behaviour.

HTH

--Dethe

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