[Python-ideas] Option of running shell/console commands inside the REPL

[James Lu]

It’s difficult to learn anything with a body (such as a loop or a class or a function) with the built in REPL because you can’t edit lines you’ve already written.

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> On Feb 1, 2019, at 1:44 PM, Steven D'Aprano <steve at pearwood.info> wrote:
> 
>> On Fri, Feb 01, 2019 at 09:07:14AM -0500, James Lu wrote:
>> 
>> I always use ptipython (ptpython shell over the ipython console) for my
>> REPLs. The built-in python repl is not *batteries included* in the sense
>> that it already has what you need to explore the language.
> 
> What part of the Python language do you think cannot be used in the 
> standard Python REPL?
> 
> 
> 
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> Steve
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