[Python-Dev] readline.clear_history()
Barry Warsaw
barry at python.org
Wed Aug 27 23:18:50 EDT 2003
On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 17:56, Phillip J. Eby wrote:
> * Should clear_history() only appear in the readline module if the facility
> exists?
Yes.
> * If it should always appear, should it be a no-op if the facility isn't
> available, or raise an error?
>
> "Errors should never pass silently" suggests that if it does appear, it
> should raise an error if the facility doesn't exist. So, I guess the
> question is, should you get an error trying to access clear_history(), or
> an error calling it? (And in the latter case, is NotImplementedError the
> right thing to raise?)
Error when accessing it.
> Last question (I hope): as a feature, I presume this has to wait for 2.4 to
> get in, yes?
Hmm, it won't break backward compatibility, so maybe 2.3.1 would be
okay. OTOH, it ain't a bug fix. OTOOH, 2.4 is a loonnngg way away.
-Barry
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