[OS X 10.5] hitting TAB inserts ./ in interactive mode ?

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

In message <mailman.850.1284782522.29448.python-list at python.org>, Ned Deily 
wrote:

>     try:
>         import readline
>     except ImportError:
>         print("Module readline not available.")
>     else:
>         import rlcompleter
>         readline.parse_and_bind("tab: complete")
> 
> Note the print() form which works with either Python 2 or 3.

You should be writing diagnostics to stderr, not stdout.