[IPython-dev] Why do self.readline = readline

[Brian Granger]

Hi,

In a couple of places in IPython's code base (InteractiveShell,
IPCompleter), we do this:

import IPython.utils.rlineimpl as readline
self.readline = readline

Is there a reason for this?  The only reason I can think of is to make sure
that we point to the right readline always, even if a user imports the wrong
one later.

Is this thinking correct?  Can we get rid of this and just use readline as a
normal module?

Cheers,

Brian
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