[Python-Dev] Pasting interpreter prompts

[Skip Montanaro]

    Ping> One gripe that i hear a lot is that it's really difficult to cut
    Ping> and paste chunks of Python code when you're working with the
    Ping> interpreter because the ">>> " and "... " prompts keep getting in
    Ping> the way.  Does anyone else often have or hear of this problem?

First time I encountered this and complained about it Guido responded with 

    import sys
    sys.ps1 = sys.ps2 = ""
 
Crude, but effective...

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