[IPython-dev] iPython binary wheels for OS-X

Chris Barker chris.barker at noaa.gov
Mon Dec 9 12:59:04 EST 2013


On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 9:41 AM, MinRK <benjaminrk at gmail.com> wrote:

> I actually made just this PR yesterday<https://github.com/ludwigschwardt/python-readline/pull/26>,
> it would solve the issue for IPython, if not in general.
>


thanks -- good idea.

 Anyone know if the readline authors would be amenable to putting the
>> path-hack that's in iPyton in readline instead? That's clearly where it
>> belongs...(or is that impossible?, after all it would have to get imported
>> to run, and it wouldn't get imported......)
>>
>
> The path hack must be in the importer of readline, not readline itself.
>
>

I was hoping that someone smarter than me could figure out how to
monkey-patch it on the fly -- but it probably really is impossible.

Tiny note on the PR: it's not just that people _are_ installing readline
with pip -- it's that it's that they _should_ be able to expect that to
work.


-Chris

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