[Python-Dev] Accepting PEP 434, Idle Enhancement Exception

[Daniel Holth]

Yes, it would probably make more sense to split the editor and shell
processes as many Python IDEs do, with IDLE running in CPython and the
user's computation running in the chosen interpreter.

On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 8:35 AM, Maciej Fijalkowski <fijall at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 5:26 AM, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:
>> On Sat, 30 Mar 2013 08:33:38 +0200
>> Simon Cross <hodgestar+pythondev at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Having a standalone version of IDLE might be really useful to
>>> alternative Python implementations.
>>
>> Why?
>
> I don't think it's worth discussing - tkinter does not work on any
> other implementation than CPython and it seems it won't work. It's a
> bit pity, but I guess if I felt really bad about it, I should just
> make it work.
>
> PS. are there idle projects in SoC? Maybe we should put a more
> pypy-friendly one there too?
>
> Cheers,
> fijal
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